Onchi Eiko, the proprietress of a bar, is trapped in a sad, hidden past. One day, an old friend Shigeko shows up with her 5-year-old son Daiji in tow. Shigeko entrusts him to Eiko and disappears after she leaves a farewell letter. As Eiko looks at the innocent Daiji, she is reminded of her own past. The two of them who have no one to turn to, begin a life together as fake mother and son in this peculiar and yet heartrending story.
Japanese study overview
Mamagoto is a Japanese drama of 32,396 characters, with 2,095 unique words and 745 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,095 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.
- 滋Uruo×263
- 大large×125
- 事thing×117
- 君Mr×107
- 大large×84
- 僕I×83
- 言うto say×75
- 映子Akiko×62
- 何でwhy?×60
- 子child×58
- 子どもchild×46
- 光light×41
- 滋子Shigeko×21
- 寝とるto steal another's spouse×9
- 夜の女street prostitute×8
- 鬼ばばhag×8
- 児童福祉child welfare×8
- 鬼子母神Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)×7
- 言いよるto court×6
- 黄身egg yolk×5