Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate duel at Ganryujima.
Japanese study overview
Musashi is a Japanese drama of 214,958 characters, with 7,548 unique words and 1,714 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,548 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 事thing×1,033
- 俺I×858
- 様Mr×788
- 私I×733
- 武蔵Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)×667
- 言うto say×506
- 思うto think×503
- お前you×489
- 者person×459
- 人person×448
- 又八Matahachi×341
- 武蔵Takekura×337
- 通Ikariya×332
- 小次郎Kojirō×195
- 家康Ieyasu×167
- 吉岡Kichioka×153
- 大坂Osaka (city, prefecture)×102
- 兵庫Hyogo (prefecture)×79
- 仕官government service×73
- 立ち合いpresence (e.g. of an observer)×73