99 Years of Love 〜Japanese Americans〜 is a Japanese, 5-episode miniseries produced by TBS for its 60th anniversary, starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Yukie Nakama, and sponsored by Toyota and Panasonic. It tells the story of a family of Japanese immigrants who moved to America 99 years ago. When the Second World War breaks out, the family encounters racism and segregation. The two daughters, who were sent back to Japan, experience the suffering from the Japanese side of the war.
Japanese study overview
99-nen no Ai ~ Japanese Americans is a Japanese drama of 99,599 characters, with 4,540 unique words and 1,237 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,540 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.
- 日本Japan×316
- 私I×263
- 一郎Ichio×197
- 日本人Japanese person×191
- 思うto think×165
- 帰るto return×149
- 言うto say×138
- 次郎Keijirō×121
- 働くto work×116
- 今now×101
- 出るto leave×101
- アメリカ人American (person)×99
- 平松Hiramatsu×95
- 収容所housing facility×87
- 長吉Chōkichi×58
- 二世nisei×58
- 日系人non-Japanese of Japanese descent×55
- 直人Suguhito×41
- 日系(of) Japanese descent×41
- 一馬Ichiba×24