Miyuki, a single mother and nursery teacher, meets Sri Lankan Kumara while visiting Tohoku as a disaster volunteer. A year later, the two of them who fulfilled a fateful reunion are gradually attracted to each other. Straightforward and charming, Kumara quickly becomes friends with Miyuki's daughter, Maya, and eventually, the three begin to live together like a family. Miyuki and Kumara exchange promises of marriage, but it is short-lived happiness.
Japanese study overview
Yasashii Neko is a Japanese drama of 35,512 characters, with 2,221 unique words and 848 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,221 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×109
- 思うto think×86
- 言うto say×75
- 結婚marriage×74
- 入管Immigration Bureau×61
- 僕I×57
- 聞くto hear×54
- 人person×52
- お母さんmother×40
- 何でwhy?×40
- 今now×40
- 今日today×38
- 放免release (from custody)×29
- 原告plaintiff×22
- 在留資格status of residence×17
- 首藤Kubitō×12
- 上原Uenohara×11
- 在留residing (esp. abroad)×10
- スリランカ人Sri Lankan (person)×9
- 在留特別許可Special Permission to Stay in Japan×9