Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.
Japanese study overview
Shinya Shokudou is a Japanese drama of 89,514 characters, with 5,318 unique words and 1,329 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,318 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.
- 俺I×249
- 言うto say×203
- 私I×142
- 思うto think×110
- 人person×103
- 食べるto eat×95
- 男man×89
- 作るto make×75
- 帰るto return×70
- 好きliking×69
- 待つto wait×67
- 今now×67
- お茶漬けochazuke×20
- 忠Atsushi×15
- 焼そばyakisoba×15
- 野口Nokuchi×15
- 冷やし中華chilled Chinese noodles×15
- 八千代very long period×13
- 春雨gentle spring rain×13
- 載っけるto place on (something)×11