By 1874, seven years have passed since the end of the samurai era. A former samurai, Shizuma Orikasa works as a rickshaw driver in Tokyo while looking for his fiancée, Sumie Kanomata, who went missing during the Boshin War. Shizuma thwarts an assassination attempt and joins the newly established police department, where he’ll fight to stop dark forces from overthrowing the government. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Japanese study overview
Meiji Gekken: 1874 is a Japanese anime of 33,742 characters, with 2,114 unique words and 923 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,114 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.
- 私I×52
- 巡査police officer×52
- 静馬Shizuma×46
- 殺すto kill×44
- 平松Hiramatsu×42
- お前you×38
- 貴様you×34
- 男man×34
- 会津Aizu×34
- 俺I×32
- 前in front (of)×32
- 御前presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.)×32
- 武兵衛Buhee×32
- 小山内Osanai×30
- 折笠Ogasa×24
- 守屋Neriya×22
- 士族family of samurai lineage×20
- 新政府new government×16
- 辻斬りattacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill)×12
- 割譲cession (of territory)×12