A family that was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck in March 2011, and a family that escaped the disaster. The film depicts the collapse and rebirth of two families whose children were supposed to marry each other. A moving drama written by Yamada Taichi and starring Nakai Kiichi, Kuroki Meisa and Kamiki Ryunosuke.
Japanese study overview
Toki wa Tachidomaranai is a Japanese movie of 18,661 characters, with 1,740 unique words and 708 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,740 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 言うto say×128
- 事thing×98
- 俺I×60
- 思うto think×40
- 人person×30
- 私I×29
- 聞くto hear×25
- 修一Shuichi×20
- 津波tsunami×20
- 気持ちfeeling×18
- 死ぬto die×17
- 忘れるto forget×17
- 千晶Akiko×15
- 浜口Hamakuchi×12
- 光彦Teruhiko×9
- 信用金庫credit union×7
- 支店長branch manager×6
- 正代Shoudai×5
- 仮設temporary construction×5
- 鱒trout×4