Kiwako Nonomiya is devastated after Takehiro Akiyama, the married man she has been having an affair with, manipulates her into getting an abortion by promising to marry her and then refusing to divorce his wife. Kiwako then learns of Takehiro's wife's pregnancy. One morning, while Takehiro and his wife Etsuko are away, Kiwako sneaks into their home to get a look at their six-month-old child. Without a thought for the consequences, she carries the baby away. Kiwako then raises the child as her own, while being a fugitive from the law.
Japanese study overview
Youkame no Semi is a Japanese drama of 31,148 characters, with 2,323 unique words and 872 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,323 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.
- 薫Isao×217
- 私I×143
- 事thing×106
- お母さんmother×87
- 久美Kyūmi×63
- 思うto think×61
- 言うto say×59
- 子供child×57
- 人person×56
- 京子Atsuko×40
- 子child×38
- 時time×37
- 亮太Ryōta×29
- 希和子Kiwako×27
- 千草great variety of flowering plants×23
- 文治civil administration×19
- 昌江Masae×18
- 丈博Takehiro×17
- 産子offspring (esp. livestock)×6
- 行商monger×5