1969/08/09
Speech timeSpeech duration
1h 11minWord count7,047
Unique words · 1,097 once
1,814 Unique kanji · 258 once
752Speech speed
253 Difficulty Expert
RatingExternal Rating
69 %A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
Japanese study overview
Hitokiri is a Japanese movie of 15,301 characters, with 1,814 unique words and 752 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,814 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.
- 俺I×85
- 岡田Okata×82
- 以蔵Izou×81
- 土佐Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)×66
- お前you×54
- 武市Takeichi×51
- 先生teacher×38
- 斬るto kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)×30
- 人person×28
- 藩han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods)×26
- 新兵衛Shinbei×26
- 天誅heaven's punishment×25
- 勤王loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)×21
- 薩摩Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)×17
- 武市半平太Takeichi Hanpeita×15
- 姉小路Anegakōji×15
- 吉田東洋Yoshidatouyou×11
- 石部Ishibu×10
- 人斬りassassination×8
- 長州Chōshū×7