When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. Her father's co-worker then gave him some water from a strange religious group. Chihiro was miraculously cured by the water. Her parents began to follow the strange religion and became fervent followers. Chihiro is now in the 3rd grade of middle school and she faces changes in her life.
Japanese study overview
Hoshi no Ko is a Japanese movie of 13,257 characters, with 1,381 unique words and 631 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,381 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.
- 一one×40
- 言うto say×33
- 私I×30
- 先生teacher×23
- 帰るto return×23
- 人person×22
- 水water (esp. cool or cold)×19
- 見えるto be seen×18
- 俺I×17
- 南south×16
- 思うto think×16
- 海路sea route×14
- 昇子Shouko×11
- 新村Aramura×7
- 落合Achiai×5
- 金星Venus (planet)×5
- 相似resemblance×4
- 婦bride×4
- 健吾Kengo×4
- 例題example×3