Washing blood with blood, in an era when people wage wars earnestly for a small plot of land, the period. Kanto region, in the small mountains, even though autumn has ended for some time, the crimson leaves still blossom, the blooming and falling of these crimson leaves seemingly continue eternally. At first, everyone wonders, but their suspicion gradually fades. After a while, the influential people at the time name this era "Kowa". With the leaves slowly spreading throughout the region, a small cult worshiping the crimson leaves, calling themselves , has risen among the people. Time passes, and it is now the 18th year of . When the hapless fates of those who live in this harsh world intertwine, the end of an era begins.
Japanese study overview
Hakkenden is a Japanese visual novel of 780,662 characters, with 15,594 unique words and 2,363 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 15,594 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.
- 私I×2,270
- 思うto think×1,551
- 言うto say×927
- 志乃Shino×899
- 俺I×873
- お前you×871
- 達pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)×865
- 者person×835
- 人person×770
- 大鶴Oozuru×650
- 中inside×631
- 知るto know×606
- 宗介Sousuke×528
- 華野Kano×487
- 里巳Satomi×335
- 佐倉Sakura×310
- 朱red×196
- 玉梓(precious) letter×146
- 藍dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)×132
- 楓Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)×102