Yasu's mother passed away when he was very young and his father abandoned him. Yasu's wife, Misako, also lost both her parents when she was young. The two spend their days in happiness, watching their young son, Akira, grow up. Unfortunately, a freakish accident occurs that results in Misako sacrificing her life to protect her son. Yasu loses himself in grief and remorse, but recovers as he vows to raise his 3 year-old son as best as possible.
Japanese study overview
Tonbi is a Japanese drama of 74,498 characters, with 3,861 unique words and 1,085 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,861 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.
- 旭morning sun×275
- 俺I×251
- 言うto say×250
- お前you×196
- 思うto think×178
- お父さんfather×129
- お母さんmother×104
- 私I×93
- 親父one's father×91
- 市川Ichika×84
- 人person×84
- 話talk×71
- 美佐子Masako×50
- 健介Kensuke×44
- たえ子Taeko×31
- 坂本Karumera×29
- 和尚priestly teacher×27
- 早稲田field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice×15
- 夕なぎevening calm×9
- 双葉seed leaves (of a dicot)×9