Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji". There is a blinding flash of light and he finds himself mysteriously time-slipped into the Heian period, the setting for the famous novel. Armed with a pamphlet on the history of the period and a bottle of headache tablets he passes as an onmyoji (magical protector of the capital) and is hired by the emperor’s wife Nyogo Kokiden. Fearless and coldly analytical she plots to have her son take over the Emperor’s position. Rai is expected to help. This light-hearted historical fantasy is a treat for lovers of sumptuous kimono.
Japanese study overview
Junihitoe wo Kita Akuma is a Japanese movie of 13,018 characters, with 1,399 unique words and 605 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,399 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.
- 様Mr×122
- 女御court lady×56
- 私I×56
- 雷鳴thunder×50
- 帝emperor (of Japan)×34
- 俺I×32
- 光light×31
- 倫子Satoko×29
- 痛いpainful×25
- 雷lightning×23
- 番number (in a series)×22
- 藤壺Fujitsubo×22
- 春宮crown prince×21
- 桐壺court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)×20
- 弘徽殿ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)×17
- 一宮most important provincial shrine×14
- 藤壺acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)×14
- 更衣changing one's clothes×13
- 源氏物語The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)×10
- 御息所concubine of an emperor×10