In the 1940s, Malays were world-renowned for their seafaring skills. Being of Bugis descent, they navigated the sea with natural ease and were often the favored seamen for international shipping lines. Othman, a fisherman from a small village in Malacca, leaves his family behind to sail the world, with hopes to return home one day with worldly riches and deserved pride. After decades at sea, however, his low wages as a deckhand leaves him disillusioned. He contemplates returning home to his family but ended up settling down in Liverpool, England. 60 years later, his grandson, Ahmad, journeys halfway across the world in search of his grandfather.
Japanese study overview
61-nenme no Yakusoku is a Japanese movie of 9,069 characters, with 1,063 unique words and 575 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,063 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.
- 帰るto return×37
- 俺I×33
- 年year×27
- 彼he×25
- 母さんmother×23
- お前you×22
- 私I×22
- 平和peace×21
- 祈るto pray×21
- 待つto wait×20
- 知るto know×17
- 手紙letter×15
- 帰属belonging×4
- 御名name of the emperor×3
- 神の意志will of God×3
- 可燃性combustibility×3
- 臨終deathbed×3
- 捜すto search for×15
- 船ship×14
- 父さんfather×14