Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.
Japanese study overview
Ruri no Shima is a Japanese drama of 66,382 characters, with 3,391 unique words and 1,025 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,391 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×255
- 瑠璃lapis lazuli×235
- 島island×212
- 俺I×128
- 子供child×122
- 思うto think×118
- 川島Kahashima×103
- 先生teacher×91
- 照明illumination×85
- 海sea×77
- お前you×63
- 待つto wait×58
- 勇造Yūzou×41
- 藤沢Fujisawa×37
- 治衛Jiei×30
- 美月Utsutsuki×26
- 豊年祭fertility festival×26
- 里子foster child×24
- 三線shamisen×16
- 自治会neighborhood council×10