The first movie in the Mononoke movie trilogy. Asa and Kame strike up an immediate friendship when they arrive at the same time for their first day of duty at the Ooku, the splendid pleasure palace housing the harem of Lord Tenshi. The two young women are there to join the many hundreds of other maidservants—men are barred from entering, with immediate beheading the price of trespassing. It soon becomes clear that behind the luxurious lifestyle and ritualized routines of the Ooku lie sinister schemes and cynical rivalries. Meanwhile, a mysterious wandering potion-peddler known only as the Medicine Seller subtly insinuates himself into the Ooku, just as an uncanny, otherworldly menace begins to reveal itself. (Source: Fantasia Film Festival)
Japanese study overview
Mononoke: Karakasa is a Japanese anime of 12,135 characters, with 1,382 unique words and 615 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,382 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.
- 様Mr×106
- 大奥inner palace (in Edo Castle)×59
- 私I×56
- 餅mochi×39
- 大large×28
- 殿Mr.×26
- お勤めone's business×25
- 北川Kitakawa×25
- 天子Amako×21
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×21
- 淡島Awashima×20
- 麦谷Mugitani×20
- 大友Ooto×11
- 中臈court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period)×10
- 唐傘paper umbrella×9
- 時田Tokita×8
- 坂下Sakage×7
- 薬売りtraveling patent-medicine salesman×7
- 三郎丸Saburōmaru×7
- ふた月two months×7