The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr...
Japanese study overview
Always: Sanchoume no Yuuhi '64 is a Japanese movie of 19,687 characters, with 1,886 unique words and 746 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,886 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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×51
- お前you×49
- 俺I×38
- 僕I×27
- 思うto think×27
- 先生teacher×24
- 私I×23
- 書くto write×19
- 待つto wait×18
- 君Mr×18
- 小説novel×18
- 淳之介Junnosuke×16
- 一平Ichihira×12
- 菊池Kikuike×10
- 孝太郎Kōtarō×9
- 茶川Chagawa×7
- 産婆midwife×5
- 陣痛labour pains×5
- 競技場stadium×4
- 金メダルgold medal×4