Komari Sano's parents ran a small Tokyo factory that manufactured aircraft parts. With her parents' influence, Komari Sano dreamed of becoming a pilot. During World War II, her older brother died as a kamikaze pilot and her parents died during the bombing of Tokyo. Komari Sano became an orphan and lived with her aunt. Her aunt ran a ryotei (high end traditional restaurant). After the war, all aerial activities were initially banned in Japan. After long negotiations with the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, Sizuo Matsuki, who is the security chief of Civil Aviation Bureau, finally launched Japan's civil aviation. Komari Sano applies for the position of a cabin attendant.
Japanese study overview
Air Girl is a Japanese movie of 16,547 characters, with 1,825 unique words and 852 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,825 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.
- 私I×72
- 日本Japan×70
- 航空aviation×61
- 事thing×39
- 小鞠Komari×38
- 飛行機airplane×34
- 空sky×27
- 民間private×27
- 松木Matsuki×24
- 日本人Japanese person×17
- 今now×17
- 僕I×17
- 三島Santō×15
- 佐野Sano×14
- 翠green×11
- 航空事業aviation business×10
- 試験飛行test (trial) flight×9
- 吉永Kichinaga×7
- 日米Japan and the United States×7
- ＧＨＱGeneral Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers; 1945-1952)×6