Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
Japanese study overview
Senjou no Merry Christmas is a Japanese movie of 12,104 characters, with 1,442 unique words and 695 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 4.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,442 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×65
- 俘虜prisoner of war×42
- 兵士soldier×42
- 君you×39
- 事thing×34
- 彼he×31
- 軍曹sergeant×22
- お前you×21
- 言うto say×20
- 死ぬto die×17
- 弟younger brother×15
- 音sound×14
- 尉inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system)×7
- 軍属civilian in military employ×5
- 日本軍military of the Empire of Japan×5
- 軍律martial law×5
- はやし立てるto cheer×5
- 中佐lieutenant colonel×4
- 日本兵Japanese soldier×4
- 自決self-determination×3