A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
Japanese study overview
Nora Inu is a Japanese movie of 14,710 characters, with 1,615 unique words and 696 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,615 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.
- 君you×53
- 言うto say×45
- 僕I×36
- 知るto know×36
- 遊佐Asosa×31
- 男man×29
- 佐藤Saiu×27
- 奴fellow×21
- 女woman×19
- 聞くto hear×18
- 思うto think×17
- 本多Hotta×14
- 並木roadside trees×14
- 村上Samurakami×9
- 淀橋Yodobashi×6
- お銀Ogin×5
- 洋装Western clothing×4
- 阿部Abu×4
- 復員demobilization×4
- 鑑識課(police) crime scene unit×3