A young, mentally retarded boy is wrongfully accused of murder, but his family lacks the means to hire an attorney to defend him. The boy’s sister, Kiriko, pleads with an accomplished attorney named Otsuka to defend her brother pro bono. But because of Otsuka’s busy schedule and other priorities, he refuses to take the case. Lacking a proper defense, Kiriko’s brother is eventually convicted of murder, and dies in prison. From that point on, Kiriko is determined to take revenge against Otuska.
Japanese study overview
Kiri no Hata is a Japanese movie of 16,967 characters, with 1,697 unique words and 756 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,697 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×65
- 先生teacher×58
- 事thing×55
- 径子Keiko×30
- 弟younger brother×29
- 君you×27
- 菊江Kikue×25
- 僕I×24
- 言うto say×23
- 思うto think×23
- 柳田Yagita×21
- 聞くto hear×20
- 大塚Ootsuka×17
- 桐子Kiriko×17
- 山上mountain top×15
- 杉浦Sugiura×13
- 阿部Abu×12
- 北九州Kitakyushu (city)×7
- 強盗殺人robbery and murder×6
- 勝訴winning a (legal) case×5