In the early stages of the Edo period, Kayo lives with her father in a food & tea house. One day, she was asked by the Princess of Sunpu Castellan for an odd favor. Because they are splitting images of each other, she was asked to take her place in a marriage promenade… Bewildered, but with her mind set, Kayo departs on a journey from Tokaido region with six samurai for bodyguards on a marriage promenade to Edo, Hakone, Mishima, up till the destination in Sunpu. On the way towards Edo, she becomes caught up in youkai with destructive abilities, as well as the ‘Sword Retrieving Imperial Match’ that concerns the legendary five great swords, which is really a cover for a sickening ritual being performed… Through the crisscrossing and intertwining of paths, finally the road splits into two: One, living with the sword in the path of war. Two, living with you in the path of peace. The destiny they find their way through to is…?
Japanese study overview
Ken ga Kimi is a Japanese visual novel of 881,728 characters, with 17,700 unique words and 2,310 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 17,700 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×4,073
- 様Mr×2,193
- 左京Sakyō×1,754
- 螢firefly (Luciola cruciata)×1,736
- 言うto say×1,688
- 姫young lady of noble birth×1,335
- 思うto think×1,239
- 九十Kujuu×1,238
- 縁fate×1,238
- 俺I×1,092
- 剣sword (esp. a large, double-edged one)×801
- 人person×792
- 黒羽Kuu×758
- 鈴懸Suzukake×698
- 駿府Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)×353
- 御前試合contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor×305
- 彦boy×273
- 鷺原Sagihara×253
- 数珠rosary×163
- 薙刀naginata×155