Dororo, a young orphan thief, meets Hyakkimaru, a powerful ronin. Hyakkimaru's father, a greedy feudal lord, had made a pact with 12 demons, offering his yet-unborn son's body parts in exchange for great power. Thus, Hyakkimaru - who was born without arms, legs, eyes, ears, a nose or a mouth - was abandoned in a river as a baby. Rescued and raised by Dr. Honma, who equips him with artificial limbs and teaches him sword-fighting techniques, Hyakkimaru discovers that each time he slays a demon, a piece of his body is restored. Now, he roams the war-torn countryside in search of demons.
Japanese study overview
Dororo is a Japanese anime of 67,150 characters, with 3,992 unique words and 1,141 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,992 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.
- 兄貴elder brother×345
- お前you×154
- 私I×124
- 百鬼丸Hyakkimaru×112
- 鬼神fierce god×110
- 化け物goblin×96
- 俺I×92
- 言うto say×90
- 醍醐Taiko×85
- 様Mr×80
- 人person×76
- 国country×74
- 兵庫Hyogo (prefecture)×36
- 多宝Taho×34
- 朝倉Akuhira×25
- 陸奥Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)×24
- 助六Sukeroku×24
- 坊さんBuddhist priest×20
- 景光Kagemitsu×17
- お頭leader×16