1962/09/09
Speech timeSpeech duration
43minWord count4,414
Unique words · 781 once
1,277 Unique kanji · 237 once
596Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length10.7
Speech speed
268 Difficulty Hard
In the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death of their master Asano Takumi-no-kami. Shogun Tsunayoshi, who ruled at that time, experienced difficulties in what punishment to impose on the soldiers. As a result, it was decided to sentence them to seppuku (ritual suicide).
Genres
Drama
Japanese study overview
Gishi Shimatsuki is a Japanese movie of 10,120 characters, with 1,277 unique words and 596 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,277 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.
- 殿Mr.×46
- 私I×40
- 先生teacher×35
- 申すto say×24
- 吉良Kichiyoshi×22
- 内蔵助Kurasuke×20
- 南無阿弥陀仏Namu Amida Butsu×20
- 様Mr×19
- 助命sparing a life×18
- 姉上older sister×15
- 統領rule×15
- 義士loyal retainer×14
- 赤穂Akao×13
- 大石Oishi×11
- 浪士ronin×10
- 忠臣loyal retainer×10
- 荻生Ogiu×9
- 出合うto meet (by chance)×9
- 赤穂浪士The 47 Ronin×9
- 南無妙法蓮華経Glory to the Sutra×8