Norizuki Gennojo, a commander of the Shogunate’s troops, sets out on a journey to train in swordplay. In that time, Koka Yoami, the father of his betrothed Chie, receives a special mission and goes to Awa Tokushima to search for the secret records of Naruto in which a pledge to overthrow the shogunate is sealed with blood. He is never heard of again. 10 years later, Gennojo returns to Edo as a wandering monk and in despair about his swordsmanship. He is slashed by Sekiya Magobei but survives because of the quick wits of a female pickpocket Mikaeri Otsuna. Gennojo gets entangled in conflict surrounding the secret records of Naruto. He and Otsuna try to infiltrate Awa Tokushima in order to obtain the secret records and face continuous attacks by assassins on the way there.
Japanese study overview
Naruto Hichou is a Japanese drama of 63,272 characters, with 3,957 unique words and 1,186 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,957 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.
- 様Mr×453
- 弦之丞Gennosuke×438
- 事thing×277
- 千絵Chie×219
- 阿波Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)×197
- 綱rope×172
- 法月Norizuki×131
- 言うto say×120
- 世阿弥Zeami×114
- 殿Mr.×113
- 秘帖secret notebook×108
- 鳴門strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow×93
- 甲賀Kaga×73
- 蜂須賀Hasuka×49
- 万吉Kazuyoshi×48
- 孫兵衛Sonbei×45
- 大坂Osaka (city, prefecture)×35
- 公儀imperial court×27
- 虚無僧begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)×27
- 天堂heaven×19