In the middle of the Edo period, when the finances of the shogunate were in a desperate situation, the shogunate sent its shadow spies to each clan, who secretly planned the abolition of the clans and the seizure of their territories. The Inami clan has mastered the essence of making weapons, thus breaking the law. To protect the clan, its elders hire three "Shadow Hunters"... TV movie based on the popular manga by Takao Saito.
Japanese study overview
Kagegari is a Japanese movie of 9,207 characters, with 1,302 unique words and 635 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,302 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Similar Media
xx% = content similarity
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 十兵衛Jūbee×39
- 大筒cannon×31
- 藩han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods)×29
- 殿feudal lord×23
- 飲むto drink×20
- 待つto wait×19
- 影shadow×17
- 日光sunlight×17
- 戻るto turn back (e.g. half-way)×16
- 俺I×14
- 幕府shogunate×13
- 城代chamberlain×13
- 伊南Ina×8
- 鋳造casting×7
- 玄Kurou×7
- 斎congratulation×7
- 義清Norikiyo×6
- 御庭番spy working for the Edo shogunate×5
- 大殿current master×5
- 公儀imperial court×4