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 12,681 characters, with 1,410 unique words and 582 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,410 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×42
- 俺I×39
- 乙(the) second (party, rank, etc.)×28
- 駅長station master×26
- 仙Sen×24
- 思うto think×17
- 幌canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it)×16
- 敏行Tokuyuki×16
- 舞dancing×15
- 言うto say×15
- 静枝Shizue×15
- 美beauty×13
- 秀preeminence×10
- 寄Takayori×8
- 仙次Senji×5
- 雪女yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore)×4
- 汽笛steam whistle×4
- ６分six minutes×4
- 赤旗red flag×4
- 円妙寺Enmyouji×4