In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
Japanese study overview
Sukedachiya Sukeroku is a Japanese movie of 10,999 characters, with 1,383 unique words and 562 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,383 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.
- 助六Sukeroku×32
- 俺I×31
- お前you×27
- 助太刀assistance (in a fight)×23
- 助六inari and maki sushi served together×21
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×21
- 番太watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status)×18
- 様Mr×18
- 思うto think×16
- 出役travelling for work×16
- 屋shop×13
- 違うto differ (from)×13
- 棺おけcoffin×13
- 南無妙法蓮華経Glory to the Sutra×12
- あだ討ちvengeance×11
- 片倉Katakura×9
- お仙Osen×8
- 宿場relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway)×8
- 太郎Tarō×8
- 親爺one's father×6