"W no Higeki" is an adaptation of a novel by Natsuki Shizuko, which was first published in 1982. It was turned into a theatrical movie in 1984, and has seen numerous adaptions into TV drama in 1983, 1986, 2001 and 2010 respectively. This new version of the story has Takei Emi playing two different characters with the exact same face. One is Mako, the future successor of a billion-dollar pharmaceutical conglomerate. She has always lived in comfort, but yearns for freedom. The other character is Satsuki, a lowly cleaner in a show pub who lives in solitude and destitution, and would do anything to get money, including prostituing her own body. One day, they met and decided to exchange lives.
Japanese study overview
W no Higeki is a Japanese drama of 51,251 characters, with 3,260 unique words and 1,092 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,260 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.
- 摩子Mako×276
- 事thing×237
- 私I×180
- 和外Kazuto×125
- 家house×84
- お前you×83
- 言うto say×82
- 思うto think×71
- 殺すto kill×49
- お母様mother×48
- おじい様grandfather×47
- 自分myself×47
- 淑枝Toshie×38
- 倉沢Kurasawa×34
- 日高Hitaka×32
- 綺羅々Kirakira×32
- 偽装工作diversionary tactics (maneuvering)×21
- 伯父様uncle×15
- 製薬medicine manufacture×10
- おばあ様grandmother×10