This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi--who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity. In real life, the Totto-chan of the book has become one of Japan's most popular television personalities--Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. She attributes her success in life to this wonderful school and its headmaster. The charm of this account has won the hearts of millions of people of all ages and made this book a runaway bestseller in Japan, with sales hitting the 4.5 million mark in its first year. (Source: Kodansha)
Japanese study overview
Madogiwa no Totto-chan is a Japanese anime of 10,968 characters, with 1,141 unique words and 559 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,141 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.
- 学校school×40
- 私I×22
- 泰明Taimei×17
- 先生Senjō×16
- 今日today×14
- 海sea×14
- 學園educational institution×13
- 入るto enter×13
- 言うto say×12
- 物thing×12
- 校長先生school principal×11
- 食べ物food×11
- チンドン屋eccentrically dressed band of advertisers×5
- 自由ヶ丘Jiyūgaoka×4
- 徹子Akirako×4
- 黒柳Kuroyanaki×3
- お星様star×3
- 陸海軍army and navy×3
- 銃後home front×3
- 電車train×10