When low-born servant boys Piao and Xin set out to become the world’s greatest war generals, they quickly find themselves caught up in a violent struggle between two noblemen plotting to overthrow the King. After Piao is killed protecting the rightful ruler of the kingdom of Qin, Xin sets out on a campaign for revenge that leads him straight into the fire of war. Now, with a target on his back and an army of enemies standing in his way, it will be up to a boy with no name and a young king without a throne to return order to their war-torn country in this historical action-drama based on the Tezuka Award-winning manga, Kingdom. (Source: Funimation) Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of 50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute runtime.
Japanese study overview
Kingdom is a Japanese anime of 157,121 characters, with 6,816 unique words and 1,505 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,816 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.
- 信honesty×1,171
- 王king×796
- 騎counter for horsemen×609
- 音sound×417
- 軍army×398
- 俺I×383
- お前you×357
- 貂Japanese marten (Martes melampus)×318
- 政rule×315
- 趙Kozue×305
- 兵士soldier×287
- 将軍general×285
- 昌文Akifumi×264
- 秦Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE)×260
- 漂Hanazaki×248
- 尾平Odaira×192
- 龐Pang×178
- 煖warming×178
- 大将軍commander-in-chief×92
- 荘manor×85