When Ozu’s older sister and her husband suddenly passed away after an accident, 32-year-old Ozu temporarily moved to Fukushima from Tokyo in order to look after his 12-year-old niece Mei during the summer vacation. He has a modern way of thinking but is lethargic about everything in his daily life. In Fukushima, he meets the local residents who have been living positively with the aim of recovering from the Great East Japan Earthquake, as well as the immigrants who have come from outside of the prefecture in order to realize their aspirations. As he resides alongside his artistic niece, their bond starts to deepen, and through his interactions with Mei and the many residents of Fukushima, he starts to change and grow as a person.
Japanese study overview
Mei no Mei is a Japanese drama of 27,706 characters, with 2,123 unique words and 801 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,123 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.
- 小津Ozu×142
- 言うto say×54
- 思うto think×49
- 俺I×38
- 私I×34
- 人person×30
- 違うto differ (from)×26
- 今now×26
- 僕I×25
- 姪っ子niece×22
- 一緒にtogether (with)×22
- 岩倉Iwakura×22
- 福島Fukushima (city, prefecture)×20
- 坪野Tsuboseno×17
- 真理子Noriko×14
- 赤井Akai×14
- 平田rice field on flat land×6
- 農園farm×6
- 容子state (of affairs)×5
- 相馬Aiba×4