Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.
Japanese study overview
Little Forest: Natsu/Aki is a Japanese movie of 11,571 characters, with 1,608 unique words and 658 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,608 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×28
- 入れるto put in×20
- 作るto make×19
- 食べるto eat×18
- 小森Komori×17
- 時time×13
- 母mother×12
- 思うto think×11
- 皮skin×11
- 水water (esp. cool or cold)×10
- 言うto say×10
- 出るto leave×9
- 合鴨cross between a mallard and domestic duck×7
- 稲刈りrice reaping×6
- ユウ太Yūta×5
- 渋皮inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)×5
- 生姜ginger (Zingiber officinale)×4
- 煮simmered with×4
- 燻炭rice husk ash (used for soil conditioning)×4
- 青菜greens×4