Wataru, a freelance cameraman who works for a travel magazine in Tokyo. He had aimed to be a teacher but failed to achieve his goal and left home to go to Tokyo. However, he does not do well in Tokyo and has to return to his hometown. Wataru reunites with his former girlfriend who is a primary school teacher now and through his interaction with his family, friends and a group of primary school students who want to take part in a choir contest, he begins to take steps to resurrect his dream of being a teacher.
Japanese study overview
Hajimari no Uta is a Japanese movie of 9,345 characters, with 1,186 unique words and 539 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,186 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.
- 航Kō×47
- 俺I×33
- 事thing×25
- 先生teacher×25
- 萩bush clover×20
- 仕事work×18
- 思うto think×18
- 言うto say×17
- 君Mr×17
- 撮るto take (a photograph)×16
- お前you×16
- 合唱団chorus group×15
- 蒼太Souta×15
- 中原Nakahara×11
- 伴奏accompaniment×6
- 朝焼けmorning glow×4
- 船頭boatman×4
- 松陰Shouin×4
- 夏みかんnatsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai)×3
- 栄介Eisuke×3