Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.
Japanese study overview
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (2016) is a Japanese movie of 11,697 characters, with 1,220 unique words and 553 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,220 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.
- 悟Sato×52
- 雛young bird×40
- 月Moon×40
- 俺I×27
- 僕I×27
- 私I×25
- 藤沼Fujinuma×23
- 母さんmother×22
- 先生teacher×21
- 愛梨Airi×18
- 加代Kashiro×17
- お母さんmother×16
- 児童相談所child consultation center×9
- 八代Hachiyo×9
- 西園Nishisono×8
- 片桐Katakiri×7
- 美里Misato×6
- 泉水garden pond×4
- 小small×4
- 練炭briquette (charcoal or coal)×4