After killing his brother, Prince Yamato is banished from his father's kingdom until he can bring his dangerous powers under control. On his journey, he meets and joins with the magical priestess Oto, and together they go to fight against an evil god that has been ravaging the Earth in the form of an enormous hydra. Will Yamato ever return home to reclaim his rightful place on the throne?
Japanese study overview
Yamato Takeru is a Japanese movie of 5,162 characters, with 680 unique words and 375 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 680 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.
- お前you×33
- 神god×24
- 命life×15
- 力force×14
- 者person×13
- 小碓Ousu×13
- この世this world×12
- 私I×11
- 光light×11
- 尊Lord×11
- 熊襲Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu)×11
- 我I×10
- 倭sum×8
- 禽bird×7
- 大神god×6
- 天叢雲剣Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (sword; one of the three Imperial regalia)×5
- まが玉magatama×4
- 青龍blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)×4
- 伊勢Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures)×4
- 荒魂wild spirit (one of the aspects of the soul of a kami)×3