Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes. The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu. Production began on April 27, 2007. The story is based on the novel Tenchijin by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted for screen by scriptwriter Eriko Komatsu. The series' music composer was Michiru Oshima. The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, Naoe supports Uesugi Kagekatsu, who holds the destiny of Echigo province.
Japanese study overview
Tenchijin is a Japanese drama of 237,018 characters, with 8,549 unique words and 1,634 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,549 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×884
- 上杉Uesugi×644
- 殿Mr.×632
- 兼続Kanetsugu×561
- 殿feudal lord×525
- 景勝picturesque scenery×301
- 御屋形様nobleman×272
- 我らwe×259
- 越後Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)×249
- 戦war×245
- 私I×242
- 思うto think×236
- 景虎Kagetora×199
- 家康Ieyasu×193
- 直江Sugue×188
- 信長Nobunaga×150
- 関白chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)×103
- 家老chief retainer×89
- 上洛going to Kyoto×86
- 仙hermit×84