Baseball is life for the die-hard competitors in Koshien, Japan’s national high school baseball championship, whose alumni include US baseball stars Shohei Ohtani and former Yankee Hideki Matsui. As popular as America’s World Series, the stakes are beyond high in this single-elimination tournament. For Coach Mizutani, cleaning the grounds and greeting guests are equally important as honing baseball skills, however, demonstrating discipline, sacrifice and unwavering dedication. Director Ema Ryan Yamazaki follows Mizutani and his team on their quest to win the 100th annual Koshien, and, in the process, goes beyond baseball to reveal the heart of the Japanese national character.
Japanese study overview
Koushien: Field of Dreams is a Japanese movie of 16,569 characters, with 1,522 unique words and 656 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,522 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.
- 思うto think×50
- 自分myself×34
- お前you×34
- 野球baseball×25
- 監督supervision×23
- 言うto say×23
- 選手player (of a sport)×22
- 今now×22
- 先生teacher×22
- 打つto hit×21
- 頑張るto persevere×20
- 勝つto win×20
- 水谷Suitani×16
- 松坂Matsusaka×14
- 隼人Hayato×11
- 高校野球high-school baseball×9
- 辰樹Tatsuki×7
- 初球pitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)×7
- 花巻Hanamaki×7
- 記念大会commemoration meeting×5