A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
Japanese study overview
Youjinbou is a Japanese movie of 11,633 characters, with 1,307 unique words and 550 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,307 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×50
- 丑寅northeast×42
- 清兵衛Seibei×38
- 奴fellow×24
- 言うto say×23
- 野郎guy×18
- 今now×17
- おっ母mother×17
- 先生teacher×14
- 殺すto kill×13
- 両both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)×13
- 絹silk×12
- 宿場relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway)×12
- 叩っ斬るto hack×12
- 十両second highest division×11
- 徳右衛門Tokuuemon×9
- 与一郎Yoichirō×9
- 八州廻りKantō patrol inspector×9
- 桶屋bucket maker×7
- 亥the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac)×7