Nagasaki in 1986. Hisada, who lives with her affectionate parents and her younger brother, although there are many quarrels between couples, is a fifth grader who loves Yuki Saito and Exogini. Hisada decides to go to Boomerang Island to "see the dolphins" with Takemoto, whose house is poor and avoided by his classmates. Drowning in the sea, getting entangled in the Yankees, and having a lot of trouble, but as the friendship between the two deepens as a result of this adventure, a sad incident that presages farewell occurs.
Japanese study overview
Sabakan is a Japanese movie of 8,489 characters, with 1,029 unique words and 440 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,029 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
This title is too short to reliably find similar media.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 待つto wait×23
- 久田Kyūda×15
- 食べるto eat×14
- 僕I×13
- 坊bonze×13
- 何what×13
- 言うto say×11
- 友達friend×10
- 乗るto get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.)×10
- 帰るto return×9
- 逃げるto run away×9
- 飲むto drink×9
- 竹本Takemoto×7
- 亜子Aiko×5
- 由貴Yūki×4
- ２人乗りtwo people riding together (on a bike, etc.)×4
- ビール券beer coupon×3
- 圭太Keita×3
- お母さんmother×8
- 笑うto laugh×8