Tsukuda Kohei was once a researcher with the Aerospace and Science Exploration Agency and now runs Tsukuda Industries, a small factory which was left by his father. Although his relationship with his teenage daughter Rina is somewhat strained, business at Tsukuda Industries has gradually started to improve. But Tsukuda puts too much effort into his dream of developing a rocket engine and business declines little by little. One day, a major client suddenly declares that it is dropping Tsukuda Industries. Then, Tsukuda Industries gets sued by a big rival company, Nakashima Industries, for patent infringement. Tsukuda Industries’ reputation is hurt and financing from banks is also in a desperate situation. In the midst of this, Teikoku Heavy Industries, one of Japan’s leading corporations, offers to buy a patent which Tsukuda Industries possesses for 2 billion yen
Japanese study overview
Shitamachi Rocket is a Japanese drama of 296,570 characters, with 9,125 unique words and 1,621 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,125 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.
- 佃cultivated rice field×888
- 社長company president×598
- 私I×587
- 帝国empire×449
- 重工heavy industry×432
- 思うto think×408
- 言うto say×360
- 製作所works×309
- 俺I×307
- 財前Saimae×299
- 開発development×297
- 会社company×284
- 佃Tsukuda×215
- 伊丹Itami×202
- 島津Shimazu×187
- 特許patent×180
- 的場target area (e.g. archery)×171
- 殿村Tonomura×142
- 人工弁artificial valve×73
- 中小企業small and medium-sized enterprises×63