Kazoku no Uta is a 2012 Japanese television series. It features actor Joe Odagiri as a father of three children and a musician who was once very famous, though his popularity has since waned. Before its debut, Kazoku no Uta was hit by accusations of plagiarism. The script was said to be extremely similar to the storyline of the 1987 television series Papa wa Newscaster. The script of Kazoku no Uta was subsequently changed due to this accusation. Kazoku no Uta was aired from 15 April 2012 to 6 June 2012 as part of Fuji Television's Dramatic Sunday time slot, which airs every Sunday from 9pm to 9:54pm. The number of episode was cut from the usual 10 to 8 after this series received continuously low viewership ratings. The two remaining episodes were replaced by special episodes of the drama Hayami-san to Yobareru Hi.
Japanese study overview
Kazoku no Uta is a Japanese drama of 71,447 characters, with 3,485 unique words and 1,016 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,485 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.
- お前you×293
- 俺I×254
- 正義justice×214
- 私I×208
- 言うto say×175
- 曲composition×137
- 思うto think×101
- 陸land×84
- 自分myself×79
- 帰るto return×79
- 正義Seigi×78
- 何でwhy?×76
- 美月Utsutsuki×53
- 洋子Kiyoko×39
- 秀preeminence×38
- 三木Sauki×36
- 早川Soukawa×33
- 伯母さんaunt×9
- ＣＭソングadvertising jingle×7
- 社宅company housing×6