Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in Noto. The family rents a couple's home who run a salt pond. Mare's father starts a new business, but it also fails. Her mother supports the family by working at the salt pond. 8 years later, Mare, about to graduate from high school, decides to work for the Wajima local government. She wants to have a steady job, unlike her father. Her job is to support people who move to Noto.
Japanese study overview
Mare is a Japanese drama of 359,716 characters, with 9,356 unique words and 1,623 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,356 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×935
- 言うto say×773
- 俺I×708
- 思うto think×571
- 希rare×528
- お父さんfather×511
- 圭太Keita×478
- お前you×449
- 今now×405
- 私I×403
- 人person×400
- 作るto make×381
- 希dilute×310
- 希Akira×284
- 輪島Washima×261
- 能登Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)×243
- 徹Akira×226
- 一子one child×201
- 一徹obstinate×182
- 塗coating (esp. lacquering)×175