In Tokyo, 1974, a young African American is found dead in a lift. A knife is stuck deep into his chest and a streak of tear is running down his cheek. A policeman, Munesue starts to investigate the case. On the same day, there is a grand reception party held on the top floor by Kyoko, a popular beautician adored by everyone as an ideal wife and mother. The investigation reveals the victim was raised in a ghetto in NY, was able to speak a little Japanese, and his dying words was “su to u ha.” Startling connection between him and Kyoko is to be revealed…
Japanese study overview
Ningen no Shoumei is a Japanese movie of 16,739 characters, with 1,689 unique words and 826 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,689 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.
- 事thing×52
- 八杉Yasugi×43
- 恭子Ayako×40
- 日本Japan×31
- 彼女she×31
- 私I×29
- 母親mother×28
- 思うto think×23
- 聞くto hear×22
- 知るto know×19
- 霧積Kirizumi×19
- 言うto say×18
- 種Tane×17
- 麦わら帽子straw hat×15
- 恭平Kyōhei×13
- 棟居Toui×12
- スラム街slum quarters×9
- 弘Gu×7
- ひき逃げhit-and-run (causing personal injury)×7
- つり橋suspension bridge×6