Toshi-chan and BB live in a hut with a blue sheet on the banks of the Tama River. Having lived there for several years, they are familiar with the area. The two of them gather cans across town from 4 am in the morning and sleep at 7 pm in order to save money on electricity at night. While they do not have substantial income, they are not particularly concerned about money. They are carefree each day and take pride in being homeless men who can support themselves. Nao, a young female actress from a small theatre company, visits Toshi-chan and BB one day. She is playing a heroine who has a grand romance with the leader of homeless men in her next performance and asks to interview them. This is the beginning of a long night for the trio…
Japanese study overview
Kawa no Hotori de is a Japanese drama of 20,106 characters, with 1,970 unique words and 788 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,970 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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×62
- 言うto say×37
- 俺I×37
- 待つto wait×30
- 聞くto hear×28
- 痛いpainful×25
- お前you×22
- 人person×20
- 帰るto return×17
- 今now×17
- 何what×14
- 思うto think×14
- 桂馬knight×10
- 飛車rook×10
- 聖Akira×9
- 王手check×8
- 優子Aiko×7
- ＢＢbroadband×6
- 洗濯ばさみclothespin×6
- 柏崎Kashisaki×5