Saburo works at a medical office on The Izu Islands, which has seen its population dwindle over the years. Even though Saburo doesn't have a medical license, he performs operations under the instructions of Dr. Muraki. Because of his gifted dexterity and sincerity, people call him the Young Doctor. Saburo becomes conflicted over his position, but he convinces himself that what he is doing is helping people. Saburo becomes is also loved by nurse Akiko Suzuki and Akiko Tasaka, who is the daughter of the director of a general hospital in Tokyo. ~~ Based on the novel "Kumo no Kaidan" by Junichi Watanabe.
Japanese study overview
Kumo no Kaidan is a Japanese drama of 61,550 characters, with 3,619 unique words and 1,166 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,619 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×175
- 先生teacher×159
- 僕I×114
- 俺I×109
- 島island×107
- 院長director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.)×100
- 思うto think×99
- 言うto say×94
- 君Mr×83
- 所長head (of an office, laboratory, etc.)×80
- 三郎third son×80
- 今now×76
- 相川Aikawa×76
- 亜希子Akiko×37
- 田坂Tasaka×37
- 明子Akako×35
- 無資格unqualified×30
- 偽医者quack×25
- 急患emergency case×14
- 医大medical university×14