Masquerade (Kasou Taishou) is a semi-annual show on NTV in which various amateur groups perform short skits, which are rated by a panel of judges. Especially in recent years, many of the skits have revolved around clever methods of "faking" cinematic special effects on a live stage. The show is hosted by Kinichi Hagimoto and Katori Shingo. Worldwide, the most famous of these skits, and among the most successful at "fake special effects" was a skit which is widely known as "Matrix ping pong".
Japanese study overview
Kasou Taishou is a Japanese drama of 8,136 characters, with 837 unique words and 420 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 2.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 837 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.
- 合格passing (an exam)×38
- 続くto continue×38
- 始まるto begin×37
- 伸びるto stretch×14
- 次next×14
- 出るto leave×13
- 伊藤Ito×12
- 満点perfect score×11
- 大谷Oogai×11
- 発表announcement×10
- 皆さんall×9
- 選手player (of a sport)×8
- 米吉Komeyoshi×4
- 大ノ里Oonosato×4
- 大谷翔平Shohei Ohtani (1994.06.05-; baseball player)×4
- 場外outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.)×4
- 梶原Kashihara×3
- 漢字kanji×8
- 今日today×7
- 賞prize×7