In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?
Japanese study overview
20-seiki Shounen: Dai Isshou: Owari no Hajimari is a Japanese movie of 17,507 characters, with 1,889 unique words and 736 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,889 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.
- 俺I×54
- お前you×41
- 誰who×28
- 友friend×28
- 奴fellow×21
- 知るto know×18
- 前in front (of)×17
- 愛love×17
- 思うto think×16
- 言うto say×16
- 待つto wait×16
- 話talk×15
- 敷島Yamato (province)×8
- 木戸wicket gate×6
- 諸星Ose×6
- 健児Kenji×5
- 落合Achiai×5
- 飛行場airfield×4
- 党本部party headquarters×4
- 万丈hurrah!×4