Ganbatte Ikimasshoi was a Japanese television drama for NTV about a girl who wants to start an all-girl rowing team. To do so she needs to find at least four other members. She is met with many challenges during each episode, e.g., finding enough members, bearing the weight of being captain, going through training, and experiencing some setbacks. With the help of her coach, childhood friend Sekino Hiroyuki, and the boys' rowing team, she and her team are able to overcome those obstacles. Ganbatte Ikimasshoi is a sports drama about hope, hard work, and perseverance.
Japanese study overview
Ganbatte Ikimasshoi (2005) is a Japanese drama of 71,867 characters, with 3,541 unique words and 1,016 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,541 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.
- 私I×278
- 言うto say×196
- 思うto think×161
- 漕ぐto row×158
- 良いgood×141
- お前you×121
- 勝つto win×91
- 俺I×88
- 部department (in an organization, company, etc.)×85
- 頑張るto persevere×82
- 練習practice×76
- 今now×67
- 篠村Sasamura×63
- 悦子Eiko×59
- 関野Kanno×46
- 悦self-satisfaction×36
- 琵琶湖Lake Biwa×35
- 中田Uchida×32
- 松山Matsuyama (city in Ehime)×28
- 女子部girls' or women's division or section×26