Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to manufacture and sell indigo production and also silk farming. He left his hometown at the age of 23 and began working for the government. He later traveled to Paris and learned about banking. Upon his return to Japan, he helped build up the first modern bank in Japan. He eventually became a founder or supporter to about 500 companies and was involved with about 600 public services, including education for women.
Japanese study overview
Seiten wo Tsuke is a Japanese drama of 263,571 characters, with 11,996 unique words and 2,094 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 11,996 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×846
- 俺I×452
- 栄一Eiichi×441
- 私I×400
- 今now×313
- 言うto say×310
- 一橋Ichihashi×309
- 渋沢Shibusawa×305
- 思うto think×281
- 日本Japan×269
- 国country×230
- お前you×222
- 上様emperor×198
- 薩摩Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)×190
- 水戸Mito (city in Ibaraki)×175
- 慶喜Keiki×163
- 千代thousand years×138
- 公儀imperial court×133
- 喜作Kisaku×122
- 攘夷expulsion of foreigners×120