Okuhara Natsu was born in Tokyo in 1937. In 1945, she loses both parents to war and becomes an orphan, but her father’s comrade, Shibata Takeo, takes her in and moves to Tokachi in Hokkaido. In an unfamiliar land surrounded by unfamiliar people, Natsu feels lost at first, but surrounded by Tokachi’s vast nature and its strong, yet compassionate people, she grows up to be a strong girl. When Natsu enters elementary school, she meets Yamada Tenyo who draws lovely pictures of horses. Tenyo tells her that in America, animation in which pictures move is becoming popular, Natsu’s curiosity is piqued. Upon graduating high school, Natsu goes to Tokyo to look up her brother, and takes a jump into the world of animation.
Japanese study overview
Natsuzora is a Japanese drama of 412,752 characters, with 9,223 unique words and 1,678 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,223 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×1,207
- 言うto say×849
- 思うto think×837
- 君Mr×416
- 今now×415
- 俺I×400
- 作るto make×395
- 知るto know×360
- お前you×353
- 千遥Chiharu×345
- 人person×326
- 描くto draw×322
- 雪次郎Yukijirō×308
- 天陽Soraya×265
- 夕見子Yumiko×205
- 咲太郎Sakitarō×200
- 漫画映画animated film×117
- 農協agricultural cooperative×80
- 原画original picture×78
- 酪農dairy farming×54