Ishibashi Ginjiro, a swordsman from Edo, comes to a northern domain to look for a legendary sword Umanohone, ordered by his uncle, a chief retainer of the domain. To gain information on the sword, Ginjiro decides to challenge six expert swordsmen of the school which is said to own the sword. As he continues his search, being wounded and fighting the solitary fights, Ginjiro finds out secret maneuvers plotted by those who are possessed with lust for power. Based on a novel written by Fujisawa Shuhei.
Japanese study overview
Hitachi Umanohone is a Japanese drama of 32,212 characters, with 2,707 unique words and 915 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,707 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.
- 様Mr×167
- 殿Mr.×124
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×85
- 秘secret×82
- 太刀long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)×82
- 銀次郎Ginjirō×75
- 家老chief retainer×62
- 申すto say×58
- 多喜Taki×54
- 事thing×48
- 某certain×42
- 貴公you×41
- 立ち合うto be matched against (in a sports contest)×40
- 長坂Nagasaka×33
- 浅沼Asanuma×32
- 馬の骨person of doubtful origin×32
- 之this×31
- 丞Akira×31
- 矢野Yano×29
- 石橋stone bridge×24