Rieko Sugita, a young and beautiful hairdresser who happens to visit a bedding shop owned by Yoshitaro (Emoto) and the latter becomes so besotted with her that they begin an affair without his wife's knowledge. On the other hand, Rieko hates her late mother (Fueki Yuko) for sleeping around with other men but is actually following in her footsteps by sleeping with men for money. One day, she reunites with her first love Naoki (Ozawa) who has become an assistant professor and shares a dark secret with her. Soon, the romance between them is rekindled. However, Yoshitaro who has lost his fortune and is about to lose Rieko, becomes consumed by jealousy which brings Rieko, Naoki and him to the point of no return. -- Dorama World
Japanese study overview
Sakamichi no Ie is a Japanese movie of 9,905 characters, with 1,178 unique words and 541 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,178 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.
- 私I×45
- 俺I×43
- 事thing×29
- お前you×26
- 直樹Naoki×20
- 言うto say×18
- 家house×17
- りえ子Rieko×15
- 男man×12
- 出るto leave×11
- 今日today×11
- 人person×11
- 吉Ibi×8
- 杉田Shigita×7
- 大型店large store×4
- 理容室barbershop×4
- 税理士tax counsellor×4
- 寺島Terashima×3
- 駅前通りstreet in front of station×3
- 打ち直すto fluff up (e.g. a futon)×3