An unhappy girl who engages in self-harm, a high schooler ostracized by her classmates, and an old woman looking to live out her twilight years in peace–what could three such different people have in common? That’s what grade schooler Nanoka Koyanagi is trying to find out. Assigned by her teacher to define what “happiness” means to her, Nanoka tries to find her place in the world by exploring her relationships with these three strangers, and through them, comes to know herself.
Japanese study overview
Mata, Onaji Yume wo Miteita is a Japanese novel of 124,436 characters, with 4,056 unique words and 1,142 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,056 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×1,781
- 桐生Kiriiku×454
- 言うto say×365
- 思うto think×334
- 先生teacher×231
- 南south×231
- 彼女she×194
- 幸せhappiness×180
- 時time×179
- 顔face×151
- 家house×138
- 考えるto think (about, of)×137
- 南するto go south×118
- 荻原Okihara×57
- 小柳Oyanagi×50
- 授業参観parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)×22
- 階段をのぼるto go up the stairs×12
- クリーム色cream (colour, color)×11
- 夜ご飯dinner×10
- 星の王子さまLe petit prince (by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)×7