Natsuki Obana is a charismatic Japanese chef running a 2-star restaurant in Paris. Despite an extreme pride and confidence, he can’t seem to earn the 3 stars he covets. Feeling the pressure of a career slipping away, Obana’s troubles are compounded when his restaurant is caught in a scandal that forces its closure and the departure of his staff. Amid his despair, a glimmer of hope arrives when he encounters a female chef with whom he is encouraged to start anew. Assembling a staff of talented chefs, he launches his restaurant but is constantly clashing with personnel. Can a middle-aged man once knocked down recover the verve of youth necessary to achieve a lifelong dream?
Japanese study overview
Grand Maison Tokyo is a Japanese drama of 121,313 characters, with 5,092 unique words and 1,278 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,092 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.
- 料理cooking×386
- 店store×299
- 俺I×288
- 作るto make×222
- 私I×213
- 尾花(ear of) Japanese pampas grass×208
- 言うto say×204
- お前you×172
- 祥平Shouhei×168
- 思うto think×158
- 三つ星three stars (shape)×134
- 東京Tokyo×134
- 倫子Satoko×118
- 相沢Aisawa×118
- 京野Kyōno×115
- 尾花Ohana×91
- 丹後Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)×69
- 二つ星two stars (rating)×40
- 調査員investigator×32
- 魚料理fish-based cooking×26