2019/11/27
Speech timeSpeech duration
27minWord count2,970
Unique words · 588 once
965 Unique kanji · 230 once
514Speech speed
299 Difficulty Hard
RatingExternal Rating
70 %To address the social crisis, Chiken - a buddhist monk - throws himself into various tasks such as a suicide helpline, in his temple in Yamanashi. In Fukushima, his old mate Ryûgyô - whose temple was wrecked by the tsunami - lives in a portacabin and works on construction sites.
Japanese study overview
Tenzo is a Japanese movie of 7,152 characters, with 965 unique words and 514 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 965 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.
- 思うto think×24
- 今now×22
- 私I×14
- 命life×13
- 考えるto think (about, of)×11
- 年year×10
- 僕I×10
- 自然nature×10
- 道元Dogen (Zen monk) (1200-1253)×9
- 寺temple (Buddhist)×8
- 精進料理vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks×8
- 人person×8
- 仏法Buddhist teachings×7
- 智賢Chiken×7
- 禅dhyana (profound meditation)×6
- 禅師monk×6
- お坊さんBuddhist priest×5
- 坊さんBuddhist priest×5
- お釈迦さまBuddha×5
- 檀家family which supports a temple×4