Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
Japanese study overview
Kaidan is a Japanese movie of 12,482 characters, with 1,693 unique words and 728 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,693 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.
- 芳一Houichi×83
- 矢作fletcher×61
- 呑海Donkai×48
- 松造Matsuzou×39
- 武士samurai×35
- 関内Kan'uchi×29
- 私I×28
- 住職chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)×28
- 巳之吉Minokichi×24
- 妻wife×23
- 言うto say×21
- お雪Oyuki×21
- 琵琶biwa (Japanese lute)×18
- 和尚priestly teacher×10
- 壇ノ浦Dannoura (site of a major sea battle of the Genpei War)×6
- 平家Heike family×6
- 読経sutra chanting×6
- 平内Hirauchi×6
- 乳母wet nurse×5
- 茂作Shigesaku×5