Himatsubushi-hen takes place five years before the previous three. In contrast to the first three chapters, this chapter is shown through the eyes of Mamoru Akasaka, a young police investigator from Tokyo who comes to Hinamizawa in order to investigate a kidnapping of a politician's grandchild. Soon, he too becomes implicated in the mysteries of Hinamizawa. This chapter focuses on Rika Furude as being the key part of the mystery.
Japanese study overview
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Dai-4 wa: Himatsubushi-hen is a Japanese novel of 131,955 characters, with 7,996 unique words and 1,794 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,996 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.
- 私I×523
- 大石Oishi×285
- 氏Mr×227
- 自分myself×202
- 思うto think×201
- 少女girl (usu. between 7 and 17)×190
- 村village×176
- 言うto say×163
- 赤坂Akasaka×154
- 雛見沢Hinamizawa×131
- 梨花Nashika×129
- 知るto know×121
- 雪絵Kiyoe×83
- 古手Kote×66
- 園崎Sonosaki×54
- 魅音Mion×48
- 御三家three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)×27
- 入江inlet×27
- 室長section chief×20
- 建設大臣Minister of Construction×18