Author Tarō Obika is an obsessed single father who loves his daughter so much, he decides to go to the same college. Nicknamed Gatarō, he was widowed when his wife died of an illness and has raised his only child Sakura all on his own. Things are about to change drastically as Sakura prepares to enter a coeducational university after going to an all-girls school all her life. Worried sick, Gataro enrolls not only in the same school, but also in the same department, and the madness begins! Unable to control his anxiety, he sticks his nose in her every business, from classes to extracurricular activities, parties, dating events, cultural festivals, part-time jobs, and everything else college kids do. But as the 40-year-old middle-aged dad gets involved in the youthful pursuits of Sakura and her colleagues, he finds himself enjoying life even more than them.
Japanese study overview
Oyabaka Seishun Hakusho is a Japanese drama of 59,811 characters, with 3,574 unique words and 1,086 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,574 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.
- 俺I×163
- 私I×152
- お父さんfather×150
- 言うto say×139
- 美咲Miki×75
- 根来Negoro lacquerware×69
- 何でwhy?×66
- 思うto think×65
- 今now×63
- 待つto wait×61
- 寛子Kanko×51
- お前you×50
- 小比賀Ohika×26
- 畠山Hakakeyama×25
- 太郎Tarō×18
- 幸子Kazuko×17
- 落研rakugo research society×14
- 成人式coming-of-age ceremony×12
- 落語rakugo×10
- 特別賞special award×9