Yasuko Matsuyuki plays the part of Nao Suzuhara, an elementary school teacher. When she realizes that one of the female students is receiving abuse from her mother, Nao's maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. Serving as a substitute mother, Nao takes the child on a trip from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and the two experience various events together along the way.
Japanese study overview
Mother is a Japanese drama of 57,714 characters, with 3,241 unique words and 1,068 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,241 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.
- 継美Tsugumi×269
- お母さんmother×223
- 私I×222
- 怜南Reena×157
- 奈緒Nao×130
- 思うto think×113
- 今now×70
- 母親mother×65
- 先生teacher×65
- 子供child×62
- 人person×61
- 会うto meet×61
- 道木Dōki×47
- 鈴原Suzuhara×46
- 桃子Asuka×31
- 芽衣Mei×31
- 望月full moon×16
- 渡り鳥migratory bird×11
- 葉菜leaf vegetable×11
- 札幌Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)×7