The story is set in the Bakumatsu era, at the end of the shoguns' rule over Japan in the middle of the 19th century. The Tokugawa shogunate uses the brainwashing Heaven's Songs by the top idols in Shinsengumi to subjugate the country and its people. In this Japan, writing or singing any songs besides the Heaven's Songs is a capital offense. Sakamoto Ryouma and the other rockers rise up and change the world with rock 'n' roll for freedom and justice.
Japanese study overview
Bakumatsu Rock is a Japanese visual novel of 245,131 characters, with 9,990 unique words and 1,895 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,990 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.
- 龍馬Ryūma×736
- 様Mr×469
- 土方Ubukata×461
- 言うto say×447
- 歌song×380
- 魂soul×367
- 達pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)×344
- 舞dancing×334
- 桂Katsura×315
- 雷lightning×311
- 近藤Kontō×303
- お前you×293
- 新選組Shinsengumi×290
- 沖田Okita×281
- 晋作Shinsaku×251
- 井伊Ii×222
- 天歌Tenka×204
- 泰平peace×81
- 隊士regimental soldier×64
- オレ様I×57