1962/09/09
Speech timeSpeech duration
43minWord count4,380
Unique words · 798 once
1,287 Unique kanji · 237 once
596Speech speed
268 Difficulty Expert
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 10,197 characters, with 1,287 unique words and 596 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,287 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.×47
- 私I×40
- 先生teacher×35
- 申すto say×24
- 吉良Kichiyoshi×23
- 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×10
- 浪士ronin×10
- 荻生Ogiu×9
- 出合うto meet (by chance)×9
- 忠臣loyal retainer×9
- 赤穂浪士The 47 Ronin×9
- 南無妙法蓮華経Glory to the Sutra×8