The main character is a mother named Sazae-san. She lives in a house with her husband, her kids and her parents. The show is the ultimate family program and tends to follow traditional themes. Think of this show as the Japanese equivalent to "The Partridge Family" and you'll get a good feel for this show's atmosphere. Don't expect to see things like violence, swearing, kung-fu action or magical girls. The plots are more like "Today, Sazae-san goes to the new mall and gets lost". Such "boring" plotlines and the simplistic art are often a turn-off to non-Japanese audiences, but most Japanese find the show incredibly good. As a result, it continues to be one of the top ratings grabbers on TV and is one of the few anime that is considered "acceptable" by adults.
Japanese study overview
Sazae-san is a Japanese anime of 3,643,460 characters, with 27,105 unique words and 2,127 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 27,105 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.
- 僕I×8,645
- 君Mr×7,163
- お父さんfather×6,290
- 言うto say×5,640
- 今日today×5,041
- 波平Namidaira×4,852
- 私I×4,703
- 思うto think×4,532
- 磯野Ishiisono×4,235
- 姉さんolder sister×3,498
- 花沢Hanasawa×3,216
- 食べるto eat×3,012
- 中島Nakashima×1,654
- 早川Soukawa×1,594
- 穴子conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)×1,351
- 中島island in a pond or river×666
- ドラ猫stray cat×632
- 小犬puppy×622
- 堀川canal×596
- 伊佐坂Isazaka×506