Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.
Japanese study overview
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Kamifuusen is a Japanese movie of 20,493 characters, with 1,923 unique words and 733 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,923 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×71
- 言うto say×46
- 寅さんTora-san (leading character from Japanese movie series "Otoko wa Tsurai yo")×38
- 私I×36
- 寅the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac)×33
- お兄ちゃん(one's) older brother×27
- 帰るto return×27
- 今now×25
- 人person×21
- 思うto think×18
- 飲むto drink×18
- 今日today×16
- 叔母ちゃんauntie×16
- 愛子Aiko×16
- 叔父ちゃんmiddle-aged man×12
- 光枝Mitsue×10
- 寅次郎Torajirō×9
- 柴又Shibamata×9
- ノーベル賞Nobel Prize×4
- 伯父さんuncle×4