Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.
Japanese study overview
Furuhata Ninzaburou is a Japanese drama of 781,176 characters, with 13,070 unique words and 1,891 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 13,070 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.
- 私I×1,418
- 言うto say×1,399
- 古畑Kōbata×1,304
- 思うto think×1,137
- 先生teacher×1,124
- 僕I×817
- 君you×671
- 犯人offender×628
- 人person×587
- 聞くto hear×557
- 今now×550
- 知るto know×509
- 今泉Imaikami×496
- 西園寺Saienji×137
- 任三郎Ninzaburō×114
- 等々力Toutouriki×88
- 苦楽pleasure and pain×65
- 公安public peace×45
- 今川焼きimagawayaki×43
- 脅迫状threatening letter×42