Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005
千里走单骑
Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. Through a series of obstacles and relationships, he is brought unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of his son.
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Vocabulary
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| 干 乹 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 有病 有病 | to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 日本人 日本人 | Japanese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 东京 東京 | Tokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 东京大学 東京大學 | Tokyo University, Japan | Proper Noun |
| 杨过 楊過 | Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes"; (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since and are homonyms) | Proper Noun |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 想见 想見 | to infer; to gather | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 外国人 外國人 | foreigner | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 一说 一說 | an expression of opinion; according to some | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 外事 外事 | foreign affairs | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 下一次 下一次 | next | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 不太好 不太好 | not so good; not too well | |
| 看在 看在 | (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 太好了 太好了 | very good | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day |