Princess Kinuta runs away from the palace because she doesn't want a marriage of convenience. Princess Kinuta, who has never left the palace, didn't enjoy communing with wildlife for long when she was chased by bandit moles and accidentally fell into the Valley of the Spider's Web. The princess and a white butterfly bound by a mysterious thread were about to be eaten by the spider queen when they are rescued by Tanukichiyo, a young wandering samurai who happens to be passing by. Historical fantasy comedy starring Hibari and Izumi.
Japanese study overview
Oatari Tanuki Goten is a Japanese movie of 14,269 characters, with 1,534 unique words and 605 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,534 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 姫young lady of noble birth×64
- 狸tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides)×62
- 私I×46
- お姫様princess×38
- 様Mr×38
- 黒black×28
- 言うto say×26
- 御殿palace×26
- 早くearly×24
- 姫様princess×20
- 待つto wait×20
- お前you×19
- 吉郎Kichio×16
- 家老chief retainer×14
- 千代thousand years×9
- 荷揚げunloading×8
- 若君young lord or prince×7
- 若殿young lord×6
- 大殿current master×5
- お酌pouring alcohol×5