The 74th NHK Asadora Drama is Junjo Kirari, which means something along the lines of "pure-hearted Kirari." The story is set in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture in the era around the Second World War. When the story opens in 1928, the heroine, Sakurako, is a very active seven-year-old girl. Indeed, even in the first episode she exhibits her confidence and enthusiasm. But above all else, Sakurako is interested in becoming a jazz pianist, and music features extensively in the plot.
Japanese study overview
Junjo Kirari is a Japanese drama of 309,304 characters, with 9,252 unique words and 1,740 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,252 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.
- 事thing×1,359
- 私I×1,203
- 桜子Ouko×831
- 達彦Katsuhiko×771
- 言うto say×609
- 思うto think×573
- 俺I×551
- 冬吾Tougo×535
- 先生teacher×482
- 桜cherry tree×471
- 帰るto return×404
- 人person×380
- 杏apricot (Prunus armeniaca)×247
- 有森Arimori×235
- 笛子Shouko×146
- 亨Akira×142
- 音楽学校music school×131
- 山長Yamanaga×125
- 杏子apricot (Prunus armeniaca)×121
- 若女将proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant×112