Shun Sakuragi works as a salesman for a company in Tokyo. Outside of his work, he enjoys his days with his wife and daughter. Suddenly, Shun Sakuragi is transferred to work in Kagoshima. He is familiar with the city, because he lived there when he was in junior high school. After his transfer, Shun Sakuragi lives alone in Kagoshima and his wife and daughter remain in Tokyo. One day, Shun Sakuragi meets his first love Hana Takeda for the first time in 17 years. She works as a middle school teacher in Kagoshima and her husband works works as first mate on a boat. Because of her husband's job, she is usually lives by herself. Shun Sakuragi and Hana Takeda share happy and bitter memories of their teenage days together. Things become heated, when Hana Takeda decides to visit him late at night. She also hides a secret.
Japanese study overview
Tanshin Hanabi is a Japanese drama of 33,759 characters, with 2,200 unique words and 854 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,200 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.
- 桜木cherry tree×175
- 俺I×158
- 桐野Kirino×156
- 花flower×150
- 事thing×136
- 私I×127
- 初恋first love×80
- お前you×61
- 人person×57
- 会うto meet×48
- 今日today×45
- 舜Akira×44
- 片山Kakuyama×42
- 鹿児島Kagoshima (city, prefecture)×35
- ゆり子Yuriko×35
- 花奈Kana×34
- 健一En'ichi×24
- 単身赴任taking up a post away from one's family×20
- 鳥貝Japanese egg cockle (Fulvia mutica)×14
- 航海士mate×5