It's the summer of 1945. 3 years have elapsed since the war between Japan and USA began. Gen is a young boy living a struggling yet satisfying life in the city of Hiroshima, that has been strangely spared by the bombing taken in almost every other Japanese City. Food is scarce, and Gen's family is suffering from severe malnutrition, which endangeres his pregnant mother. There isn't much spare time as Gen and his little brother Shinji help their father and mother at work and try to make sure their family survives the tought times. Little do they know, what the Americans have in store for the city of Hiroshima and as of the 6th of August 1945, their lives are about to change dramatically. (Source: Anime News Network)
Japanese study overview
Hadashi no Gen is a Japanese anime of 12,936 characters, with 1,274 unique words and 602 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,274 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.
- お母ちゃんmum×64
- 進次Shinji×41
- 死ぬto die×34
- 友子Tomoko×27
- お父ちゃんdad×26
- 待つto wait×17
- 食べるto eat×17
- お前you×17
- 言うto say×16
- 鯉common carp (Cyprinus carpio)×15
- 赤ん坊baby×14
- 英子Akiko×13
- 空襲警報air-raid alarm×12
- 隆太Ryūta×7
- 政二Seiji×7
- 雑炊rice porridge made by simmering cooked rice in a seasoned broth, often containing vegetables, fish, etc. (usu. made from leftovers)×6
- 君江Kimie×5
- 中岡Nakaoka×5
- 走らすto dispatch (someone)×4
- 産婆midwife×4