During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.
Japanese study overview
Chou Kousoku! Sankin Koutai is a Japanese movie of 14,022 characters, with 1,634 unique words and 725 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,634 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.
- 殿feudal lord×40
- お主you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)×31
- 待つto wait×29
- 藩han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods)×24
- 参勤going to serve one's lord×22
- 下below×22
- 様Mr×21
- 江戸Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo)×21
- 家老chief retainer×19
- 行列line×18
- 相馬Aiba×18
- 言うto say×18
- 段蔵Danzou×18
- 長谷Osatani×14
- 老中member of shogun's council of elders×13
- 秋山Akiyama×10
- 殿様nobleman×9
- 内藤Naitō×9
- 取り潰しdissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief×7
- 磐城Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)×6