2016/10/29
Speech timeSpeech duration
1h 12minWord count5,408
Unique words · 803 once
1,407 Unique kanji · 217 once
599Speech speed
207 Difficulty Hard
Yaeko has taken care of her husband Seigo who has stomach cancer. Seigo goes through 4 surgeries, but survives. Yaeko is then diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and her condition worsens. Their family struggles to take care of Yaeko, but they also cherish their time with her. Seigo takes care of Yaeko as best as he can.
Genres
Drama
Japanese study overview
Yaeko no Humming is a Japanese movie of 13,839 characters, with 1,407 unique words and 599 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,407 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.
- 母さんmother×92
- お父さんfather×53
- 八重子Yaeko×46
- 妻wife×43
- 僕I×33
- 思うto think×32
- 先生teacher×27
- お母さんmother×18
- 石崎Ishisaki×17
- 帰るto return×16
- 私I×15
- 介護nursing×12
- 榎木Enoki×11
- 千鶴子Chikako×9
- 萩bush clover×7
- 早紀Saki×7
- 誠吾Seigo×6
- 昴Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)×4
- 本宅one's principal residence×4
- 教育長superintendent of education×4