A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
Japanese study overview
Poppoya is a Japanese movie of 13,856 characters, with 1,466 unique words and 598 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,466 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.
- 乙松Otomatsu×197
- 仙次Senji×77
- 静枝Shizue×53
- 俺I×39
- 少女girl (usu. between 7 and 17)×34
- 敏行Tokuyuki×30
- 乙(the) second (party, rank, etc.)×29
- 駅長station master×26
- 音sound×18
- 警笛horn×17
- 思うto think×17
- 幌canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it)×16
- 仙Sen×14
- 坑夫miner×14
- 飯田Iita×13
- 仙hermit×12
- 秀preeminence×10
- 吉岡Kichioka×10
- 寄Takayori×8
- 閉塞blockage×5