Eight-year-old Miyuki lost her mother several years ago and has since lived with just her father, Ryoichi. One day, she is suddenly introduced to Akiko, who is to be her new mother. Akiko uses her stellar business skills to try to win the little girl over, only to fail miserably. Ryoichi tries to reason with Miyuki, but to no avail. Akiko changes tactics and tries to get Shimoyama, a woman in the neighborhood who knows Miyuki well, on her side.
Japanese study overview
Gibo to Musume no Blues is a Japanese drama of 161,608 characters, with 6,853 unique words and 1,441 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,853 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.
- 私I×566
- 思うto think×377
- 言うto say×327
- 亜希子Akiko×301
- お母さんmother×276
- 宮本Miyamoto×252
- 店長shop manager×247
- 俺I×195
- 人person×152
- 僕I×141
- 今日today×135
- 麦田rice field used to grow wheat×134
- 麦田Mugita×108
- 良一Yoshiichi×107
- 岩城Iwaori×77
- 白百合white lily×69
- 田口Tagichi×41
- 製パンbread making×16
- 移動販売mobile sales (e.g. food trucks)×11
- 合弁会社joint venture (company)×11