Shortly after the Meiji Restoration, young people devoted to the teachings of Saigo Takamori trained day and night at Seiyun Juku in Kagoshima, Kyushu. Shuntaro Amano (Yukio Hashi) entered the school after going through numerous trials and tribulations, and quickly became known for his outstanding talent. Some time after Shuntaro's admission to school, the daughter of director Shiho (Eriko Sanjo) returns from a trip to Tokyo. Shiho is attracted to the intelligent and caring Shuntaro, and soon they fall in love with each other. However, their feelings for each other are futile, and soon Shiho and Shuntaro find themselves in the vortex of time...
Japanese study overview
Hiren no Wakamusha is a Japanese movie of 7,874 characters, with 984 unique words and 512 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 984 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.
- 天野Amano×57
- 僕I×34
- 先生teacher×31
- 志保Shio×29
- 君Mr×28
- 駿太郎Shuntarō×27
- 私I×19
- 三原Sanbara×19
- 隊party×19
- 待つto wait×18
- 帰るto return×18
- 東京Tokyo×15
- 西郷Saigou×10
- 田島Tashima×9
- 品Shina×7
- 塾生cram school student×6
- 酒井Sakai×6
- 青雲blue sky×5
- 政府軍government forces×4
- 郷軍veteran×3