Kishibe Midori (Ikeda Elaiza), an editor for a popular fashion magazine, finds herself transferring to the lexicography division following the magazine's discontinuation. The place is filled with a group of quirky characters, led by Majime Mitsuya (Noda Yojiro), a boss with a shaggy hair who is extremely serious. While being tossed about by them, Midori is influenced by their patience and passion for making a dictionary which takes over a decade, and she gradually immerses herself in the work. This drama depicts their struggles in creating and finalizing the dictionary, "The Great Passage."
Japanese study overview
Fune wo Amu: Watashi Jisho Tsukurimasu is a Japanese drama of 100,276 characters, with 5,161 unique words and 1,351 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,161 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.
- 辞書dictionary×343
- 私I×235
- 岸辺shore×231
- 言葉language×222
- 思うto think×185
- 馬締Majime×154
- 言うto say×153
- 俺I×143
- 大large×136
- 渡海crossing the sea×131
- 先生teacher×127
- 紙paper×104
- 池田Iketa×98
- 西岡Nishioka×51
- 荒木logs in bark×40
- 語釈explanation of a word (phrase, term, etc.)×40
- 玄武Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens)×38
- 香具incense set (e.g. burner, tray, tongs, etc.)×38
- 書房study×37
- 天童cherub×34