The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women – Noe and Riu – are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life.
Japanese study overview
Aoi Shinjuu is a Japanese movie of 12,247 characters, with 1,423 unique words and 611 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,423 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 野枝Noe×109
- 先生teacher×50
- 西田Saita×40
- 海sea×34
- 海女ama×30
- 言うto say×28
- 人person×20
- 井戸water well×18
- 男man×17
- 好きliking×14
- 君you×14
- 僕I×13
- 大日Mahavairocana (Tathagata)×11
- 新太郎Shintarō×6
- 芳Kaori×6
- 渡世making one's way in the world×6
- 若松young pine (tree)×6
- 秀preeminence×4
- 任侠chivalry×4
- 大木戸large gate (to a castle)×4