During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) to the fishmonger Isshin Tasuke (Kazuo Hasegawa) to help him understand the world. Tasuke, who does not know that Takechiyo is the shogun's heir, trains him harshly. Tasuke's wife Naka (Michiko Ai) is concerned about his harsh teaching style, but Takechiyo gains strength day by day and adapts to his new life. Soon, Takechiyo begins secretly talking about love with a city girl named Otoyo (Hitomi Nozoe), but...
Japanese study overview
Edokko Matsuri is a Japanese movie of 13,619 characters, with 1,592 unique words and 641 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,592 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.
- 竹bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)×42
- 言うto say×30
- 俺I×29
- 親方master×21
- 親分boss×20
- 太助Taisuke×19
- 余other×18
- 竹千代Takechiyo×17
- 私I×17
- 様Mr×16
- 将軍general×16
- 者person×15
- 世嗣heir×13
- 和子son of a person of high social standing×7
- 彦左衛門Hikozaemon×6
- 旗本headquarters (on the battlefield)×6
- 豊abundant×6
- 質屋pawnshop×6
- 和子Aiko×5
- 健勝good health×4