1954/11/23
Speech timeSpeech duration
48minWord count7,004
Unique words · 919 once
1,525 Unique kanji · 248 once
623Speech speed
345 Difficulty Expert
RatingExternal Rating
78 %When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
Genres
Drama
Romance
Japanese study overview
Chikamatsu Monogatari is a Japanese movie of 16,149 characters, with 1,525 unique words and 623 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,525 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.
- 茂兵衛Mohei×165
- 持つto hold (in one's hand)×77
- 様Mr×71
- 春spring×54
- お家your home×47
- 奉公人servant×45
- 私I×42
- 言うto say×41
- 助右衛門Sukeuemon×39
- お前you×39
- 旦那様husband×39
- お玉ladle×24
- 経師scroll mounter×20
- 岐阜Gifu (city, prefecture)×17
- お玉Otama×16
- 道喜Dōki×12
- 貫目unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg×12
- 不義immorality×8
- 大坂Osaka (city, prefecture)×8
- 侍従chamberlain×8