Hiroshi Nanjo is an active and tactful youth devoting more of his energies to his part time job than to studying for a college entrance exam. On the other hand, Bunpei Noro is an awkward fellow who once failed in a college entrance exam and is now studying hard for a second try. ‘Light and Shade of Youth’ depicts the friendship between these two young men of opposite characters, interlacing a cute waitress along the way.
Japanese study overview
Saraba Natsu no Hikari yo is a Japanese movie of 10,975 characters, with 1,235 unique words and 557 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,235 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.
- 俺I×73
- 野呂Noro×52
- 京子Atsuko×45
- 私I×35
- 宏Kō×31
- 言うto say×24
- お前you×20
- 思うto think×15
- 南条Nanjō×13
- 待つto wait×10
- 誰who×10
- 女woman×9
- 藤倉Toukura×5
- 文平Fumihira×3
- 早稲田field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice×3
- １羽one (bird or rabbit)×3
- 麦畑wheat field×3
- 話talk×9
- 会うto meet×9
- 人person×8