Jarinko Chie is a movie directed by Takahata in 1981. Based on the very popular manga by Etsumi Haruki, it is about ten year old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan," who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. This sounds really depressing, but it's actually a very funny comedy. The story is set in Osaka, which has a totally different culture from Tokyo.
Japanese study overview
Jarinko Chie is a Japanese anime of 18,097 characters, with 1,446 unique words and 552 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,446 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.
- 言うto say×58
- お前you×55
- お母(one's) mother×41
- お父daddy×34
- 小鉄Kotetsu×31
- 知るto know×24
- 待つto wait×24
- 今日today×21
- 帰るto return×20
- よし江Yoshie×19
- 思うto think×16
- 酒alcohol×15
- 花井Kei×6
- 洋裁(Western) dressmaking×4
- かみ殺すto suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.)×4
- 授業参観parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)×3
- 土佐犬tosa (dog breed)×3
- 剥製stuffed specimen×3
- 嫁はんwife×3
- マラソン大会marathon race×3