Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to maintain their Kurdish traditions. On the other hand, Sarya, who arrived when she was five, feels at home in Japan. But then, the family loses its refugee-status. Life becomes unpredictable and their days in Japan seem numbered. A haunting story about the balancing act of finding your place in the world.
Japanese study overview
My Small Land is a Japanese movie of 8,225 characters, with 912 unique words and 424 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 912 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.
- 言うto say×20
- 私I×20
- 俺I×14
- 帰るto return×14
- お父さんfather×12
- 思うto think×10
- 頑張るto persevere×10
- 僕I×10
- 全然(not) at all×9
- 出るto leave×9
- 円yen (currency of Japan)×8
- 違うto differ (from)×8
- 聡太Souta×7
- ドイツ人German person×4
- 伯父さんuncle×4
- 放免release (from custody)×3
- 入管Immigration Bureau×3
- クルド人Kurd×3
- タコ焼きtakoyaki×3
- 食べるto eat×8