The Nami family lives in a quiet fishing village at the tip of the Shima Peninsula overlooking Ago Bay. The family of four consists of her grandmother, Tom, who is in her sixties, her mother, Kura, and older sister, Saki, all women. Toma, despite her advanced age, is still the best diver in the village, Nami has grown up to be an excellent diver too. However, her older sister Saki was born with a mental disorder and no one in the village wants to do business with her. Nami, on the other hand, is very popular among the boys of the village, she is healthy and beautiful. The fisherman Shosaku is crazy about Nami, and day and night he asks her on dates. However, Nami has a crush on her cousin Yuji, who works for the fishermen's union, and casually rejects Shosaku's advances.
Japanese study overview
Chi to Umi is a Japanese movie of 16,087 characters, with 1,459 unique words and 622 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,459 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.
- 庄作Shousaku×94
- 海女ama×39
- 言うto say×32
- 姉ちゃん(one's) older sister×28
- 母ちゃんmum×28
- 雄司Takeshi×28
- 早already×25
- 俺I×25
- 円yen (currency of Japan)×22
- 秀一Shuuichi×21
- 帰るto return×20
- 待つto wait×19
- 漁協fishery cooperative×14
- 万吉Kazuyoshi×14
- 紋造Monzou×12
- 嫁はんwife×9
- 青年団young persons' association×8
- 巡視艇patrol boat×8
- 兼吉Kanekichi×8
- 夜ばいcreeping at night into a woman's bedroom×8