The orphan Nakazo becomes a pupil of kabuki actor Denkuro and attracts the attention of the great star Koshiro. However, in order to help his ailing parents, he becomes an apprentice to wealthy merchant Yoshikawa and decides to quit acting... Nevertheless, he could not turn his back on acting which is his true passion. When he tries to return to the theater world, he has to literally work his way up from the bottom. How will Nakazo rise up from his predicament? Though there are others who hinder his path, he receives support from his bride Ogishi, and friend Segawa Kinji. Plus a fateful encounter with a mysterious ronin ignites in him a spark of inspiration...
Japanese study overview
Chushingura Rhapsody No. 5: Nakamura Nakazo - Shusse no Kizahashi is a Japanese drama of 24,699 characters, with 2,716 unique words and 976 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,716 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.
- 役者actor×85
- 中蔵Juuzou×81
- 俺I×43
- 中村Okamura×40
- 芝居play×37
- 私I×35
- 中inside×33
- お前you×32
- 名題chief actor (e.g. of a kabuki play)×28
- 太夫high-ranking noh actor×28
- 年year×26
- 若いyoung×25
- 團十郎Danjuurou×18
- 定九郎Sadakurou×17
- 歌舞伎kabuki×15
- 高麗屋Kōraiya×15
- 傳九郎Denkurou×15
- 忠臣蔵(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin×14
- 中通りintermediate street×12
- 座頭blind man×11