In the end of Meiji era, Takei Chiyo was born in a poor family in Osaka, and was sent to a theatre tea room as a servant when she was 9 years old. There, she was attracted by the world of theatre comedy. She grows up to be an actor and marries to Amami Ippei , but the war broke out and she was forced to stay away from acting for a while. However, when she comes back again, her acting in a radio drama impresses many people and makes herself one of the leading actors in western Japan.
Japanese study overview
Ochoyan is a Japanese drama of 280,114 characters, with 8,203 unique words and 1,567 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,203 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 言うto say×673
- 千代thousand years×612
- 芝居play×408
- 思うto think×368
- 何what×365
- お前you×321
- お母ちゃんmum×314
- 今日today×306
- 千代Senshiro×280
- 私I×276
- 聞くto hear×274
- 何でwhy?×267
- 一平Ichihira×215
- ご寮人mistress×152
- 天海Amaumi×144
- 道頓堀Dōtonbori×142
- 岡安Okayasu×133
- 鶴亀crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)×130
- 転んでもただでは起きないall's grist that comes to his mill×115
- 家庭劇soap opera×105