Based on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and the inventor of instant ramen, the 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a young woman who tries to survive tough times in Osaka with her husband from before WWII to the rapid economic development era. Together they overcome various setbacks before they succeed in creating instant noodles. (Source: MDL)
Japanese study overview
Mampuku is a Japanese drama of 417,235 characters, with 9,684 unique words and 1,684 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,684 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.
- 萬平Mantaira×1,309
- 私I×1,096
- 言うto say×918
- 僕I×879
- 福子Sakiko×649
- お母さんmother×630
- 作るto make×615
- 立花Tachihana×522
- 思うto think×516
- 君Mr×492
- 福good fortune×448
- 人person×422
- もらい泣きcrying in sympathy×300
- もらい笑いbeginning to laugh because others are laughing×300
- 世良Seira×270
- 真一Shin'ichi×246
- 神部Kanabe×226
- 忠彦Atsuhiko×199
- 飛行機雲contrail×150
- 眺むto look at×150