The story is set during Japan's Sengoku Jidai (Era of the Warring States) and centers on Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of the great warlord Oda Nobunaga and a man obsessed with tea ceremony and material desires in his pursuit of a fortuitous life. Having learned from Oda and the legendary tea master Sen no Soueki, Furuta walks the way of the Hyouge Mono. (Source: Anime News Network)
Japanese study overview
Hyouge Mono is a Japanese anime of 132,525 characters, with 8,123 unique words and 1,907 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,123 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×660
- 殿Mr.×425
- 心の声(one's) inner voice×402
- 俺I×220
- 私I×211
- 信長Nobunaga×190
- 申すto say×189
- 利休Rikyū×183
- 古田Kota×170
- 関白chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)×163
- 明智Akachi×161
- 数寄refined taste×146
- 秀吉Shuukichi×110
- 左介Sasuke×101
- 宗匠master×100
- 羽柴Ushi×94
- 上様emperor×64
- 織部Obe×59
- 茶の湯tea ceremony×52
- 数寄者man of refined tastes×46