1952/04/24
Speech timeSpeech duration
40minWord count4,426
Unique words · 913 once
1,431 Unique kanji · 258 once
672Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length11.6
Speech speed
289 Difficulty Expert
The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after seppuku by its lord Asano Takumi-no-kami and the termination of his family's power. This is the first film of the Ako Castle trilogy.
Japanese study overview
Akoujou is a Japanese movie of 9,953 characters, with 1,431 unique words and 672 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,431 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.
- 殿Mr.×68
- 吉良Kichiyoshi×43
- 殿feudal lord×39
- 勅使imperial envoy×23
- 様Mr×17
- 待つto wait×16
- 浅野Asano×13
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×12
- 饗応entertaining with food and drink×11
- 役role×11
- 申すto say×11
- 言うto say×11
- 千馬Kazuma×9
- 賄bribe×7
- 家老chief retainer×7
- 源五Gengo×7
- 殿中in the palace×7
- 大石Oishi×6
- 長矩Naganori×6
- 国元one's home×5