Handa Sen is the "okami" (proprietress) of a long-standing restaurant in one of Tokyo's lower districts. Though she is normally airheaded and loves to drink, she has an impressive mastery of a wide range of skills, from cooking to ceramics to calligraphy. While the drama follows various events surrounding the restaurant, one of the series' highlights is its illustration of Japanese food and culture.
Japanese study overview
Osen is a Japanese drama of 24,472 characters, with 2,237 unique words and 809 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,237 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×59
- 味噌miso×54
- 料理cooking×47
- 一升one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)×44
- 庵hermitage×43
- お前you×31
- 思うto think×31
- 円yen (currency of Japan)×29
- 引きpull×29
- 作るto make×23
- 人person×23
- 女将proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop)×22
- 大豆soya bean (Glycine max)×16
- 板長head chef×14
- 板前chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine)×12
- 木下Kioroshi×11
- 江崎Esaki×10
- 清二Kyoji×9
- 珍品curio×8
- 面取りchamfering×7