Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, who was born on Shiratsuna Island, lives in an apartment in the outskirts of Tokyo with his wife, Tomomi, and their son, Taichi. "Kumo no ito" Popular artist Hirotaka Kurosaki, who is a native of Shiratsuna Island, goes back to his hometown after seven years.
Japanese study overview
Boukyou is a Japanese movie of 17,511 characters, with 1,639 unique words and 750 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,639 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.
- 母さんmother×53
- 言うto say×46
- お母さんmother×37
- 帰るto return×36
- 私I×35
- お姉ちゃんolder sister×34
- 思うto think×28
- 君Mr×28
- お父さんfather×24
- お前you×23
- 島island×23
- 東京Tokyo×23
- 美里Misato×18
- 洋平Yōhei×17
- 健一En'ichi×14
- 浜崎Hamasaki×11
- みかん畑mandarin plantation×7
- 的場target area (e.g. archery)×5
- 出るto leave×23
- 父さんfather×22