A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
Japanese study overview
Hissatsu Shikakenin is a Japanese drama of 239,625 characters, with 9,242 unique words and 1,570 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,242 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×679
- お前you×380
- 先生teacher×363
- 言うto say×338
- 様Mr×333
- 梅安Baian×308
- 俺I×295
- 女woman×247
- 待つto wait×226
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×221
- 思うto think×213
- 元締めmanager×211
- 仕掛人instigator×194
- 左内Sanai×192
- 千蔵Senzou×114
- 音羽屋Otowaya (stage name of a kabuki family)×78
- 半右衛門Han'emon×72
- 奉行所magistrate's office×48
- 大奥inner palace (in Edo Castle)×47
- 奉行magistrate×38