The handymen in an obscure Hokkaido town shut out by the snow are the meddlesome owner Matsui Hideo, the thrice divorced Umemoto Soichi, and the young budding scriptwriter Takeyama Jun who has lost his way. Takeyama had left Tokyo in disgust after an argument with the director on the set over liberties taken with a scene that he had put all his feelings into. He intended to go to Furano where a leading scriptwriter, who dropped out of a drama series midway, lives. However, the bus service has been brought to a standstill by the snowstorm. Takeyama stopped by at a pub in order to fill his stomach. He found himself caught in a great misunderstanding, got drunk and lost both his wallet and mobile phone. Now he has no choice but to stay in this town.
Japanese study overview
Fuben na Benriya is a Japanese drama of 83,463 characters, with 4,444 unique words and 1,241 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,444 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.
- 僕I×231
- 言うto say×207
- お前you×192
- 思うto think×142
- 町town×132
- 純innocent×108
- 俺I×102
- 君you×87
- 違うto differ (from)×79
- 話talk×76
- 人person×67
- 自分myself×62
- 松井Matsui×56
- 雪男abominable snowman×52
- 便利屋handyman×51
- 雪女yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore)×37
- 除雪snow removal×36
- 竹山Takeuchi×29
- 脚本家scriptwriter×23
- 札幌Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)×23