In the far distant future, on a planet that might have been called "earth", there was a war between samurai who mechanized their bodies. After the long war, people enjoyed a modest peace. Facing starvation and abductions at the hands of fearsome mechanized bandits (Nobuseri), the farmers of Kanna Village make the dangerous choice to hire samurai for protection. The village's water priestess, Kirara, her younger sister, Komachi, and a heartbroken villager, Rikichi, set off to hire willing samurai with nothing to offer but rice from their meager harvests. Through dangerous encounters and a bit of luck, seven samurai of varying specialties and experience are gathered for an epic battle against the bandits and the merchants that influence them. Note: Samurai 7 is based loosely upon Kurosawa Akira's famous movie "Seven Samurai"/"Shichinin no Samurai".
Japanese study overview
Samurai 7 is a Japanese anime of 87,470 characters, with 4,835 unique words and 1,217 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,835 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.
- 様Mr×446
- 野伏せりmountain-dwelling robber×227
- 村village×190
- 私I×163
- 殿Mr.×161
- 天主Lord of Heaven×139
- 言うto say×134
- 農民farmer×122
- 斬るto kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)×110
- 米(husked grains of) rice×103
- 戦war×102
- お主you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)×92
- 杜forest×40
- 勅使imperial envoy×33
- 渓valley×28
- 島田pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period×16
- 差配conduct of business×15
- 筒pipe×15
- 桃太郎Toutarō×13
- 稲穂ear (head) of rice×12