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 10,753 characters, with 1,342 unique words and 548 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,342 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×35
- 俺I×31
- お前you×28
- 助太刀assistance (in a fight)×23
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×21
- 番太watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status)×18
- 様Mr×18
- 助六inari and maki sushi served together×17
- 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
- 宿場relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway)×8
- 片倉Katakura×8
- お仙Osen×7
- 親爺one's father×6
- 太郎Tarō×6