Saotome Mondonosuke, "Hatamoto" (direct servant of the shogun), a handsome man with a scar on his forehead in the form of a crescent moon, a favorite of the shogun. He is a master of martial arts, who owns the style of Moroha-ryu seigan-kuzushi (fencing), Yoshin-ryu tai-jutsu (the art of fighting without weapons) and even military science, but in the era of Genroku (1688-1704) all these skills are not in demand, and this brings boredom to Mondonosuke. To dispel boredom, this so-called "bored gentleman" walks around the city, and when he hears about some incident, he rushes to the place and defeats evil with his invincible swordsmanship. Mondonosuke has a 17-year-old sister, Kikuji (Yukiko Kashiwagi), and Kikuji's lover, Kirishima Kyoya (Takao Kataoka), becomes his right hand.
Japanese study overview
Hatamoto Taikutsu Otoko is a Japanese drama of 215,420 characters, with 9,438 unique words and 1,731 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,438 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 私I×423
- 殿feudal lord×376
- 早乙女young female rice planter×344
- 主水之介Mondonosuke×286
- 申すto say×265
- お殿さまlord×260
- 者person×237
- お前you×233
- 俺I×204
- 待つto wait×203
- 聞くto hear×201
- 言うto say×188
- 旗本headquarters (on the battlefield)×141
- 家老chief retainer×105
- 石koku×100
- お父っつぁんfather×94
- 京弥Kyōya×93
- 長次Chōji×92
- 向こう傷scar on one's forehead×89
- 直参immediate follower (of the shogun)×88