With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers along the route through his territory. When Hanjiro steps in to gamble with him one-on-one it leads to a deadly vendetta that will show no mercy. Along the way Hanjiro is called upon to help sisters with no one else to depend on. Will the feud end in tragedy, or can the honest wanderer prevail against the bloodlust of an angry yakuza boss whom he had scarred for life?
Japanese study overview
Oshidori Dochu is a Japanese movie of 14,755 characters, with 1,603 unique words and 617 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,603 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.
- 言うto say×40
- 俺I×36
- 半次郎Hanjirō×33
- 親分boss×32
- 待つto wait×26
- 藤Katsura×24
- 女woman×20
- 次郎second son×19
- 一家a family×18
- 追分forked road×16
- 聞くto hear×16
- 所place×15
- 勘八Kanpachi×15
- 甲州屋Kōshuuya×13
- 金平chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce×13
- 和田山Wadayama×11
- 善光寺Zenkouji×9
- 信州Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)×5
- わらじを脱ぐto complete one's journey×4
- 越後Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)×4