A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
Japanese study overview
Soratobu Taiya is a Japanese movie of 21,087 characters, with 1,998 unique words and 843 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,998 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.
- 社長company president×45
- 思うto think×43
- 自動車car×41
- 私I×39
- 沢田Sahada×39
- 言うto say×38
- 事故accident×36
- 俺I×33
- 会社company×26
- 赤松Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora)×23
- 聞くto hear×22
- 銀行bank×20
- 整備不良faulty maintenance×17
- 運送transport×16
- 赤松Akamatsu×16
- 品証quality assurance×16
- 狩野Kano×8
- 家宅捜索house search (e.g. by the police)×7
- 国交省Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism×7
- 稟議reaching a decision by using a circular letter×6