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Activate Your Japanese!

2022 · 1 season

A brisk, friendly language-learning show that mixes short drama sketches with peppy vocabulary clips and gentle real-life portraits of foreign workers.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Phương Chi, Motoko Kumai
Overview
Learn how to make the most of your Japanese skills. Watch our drama that features useful communication strategies, our snappy videos about onomatopoeia, and our documentaries on workers from abroad in various parts of Japan.

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Genres
Documentary
Starring
Phương Chi, Motoko Kumai
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • education
    • work
    • immigration
    • identity
    Places
    • workplace
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • documentary
    • anthology
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension1
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Starring
    Phương Chi, Motoko Kumai
    Length
    1 seasons, 24 episodes, 15 min each
    Network
    NHK WORLD-JAPAN
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese, English

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