Sharply revealing the issue of Japanese construction industry where bid-rigging was a common practice among the giants. After working diligently for three years at a construction site, Heita unwillingly transfers to a sales department where he becomes a part of the illegal collusion -- to limit open competition and obtain high-price public works within the colluding parties. He is torn from conducting unlawful action to save his company, yet deep inside wishing to abide by the law to follow his justice. What will his answer be?
Japanese study overview
Tetsu no Hone is a Japanese drama of 43,140 characters, with 2,980 unique words and 985 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,980 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.
- 工事construction work×124
- 組class (of students)×109
- 思うto think×102
- 平太Hirata×83
- 談合bid rigging×76
- 入札bid×74
- 言うto say×71
- 調整adjustment×65
- 三橋Mishihashi×64
- 私I×63
- 常務managing director×58
- お前you×57
- 池松Ikematsu×57
- 猪田Ita×47
- 尾形Okata×46
- 落札successful bid×41
- 真延Shinnobe×41
- 業務部general affairs department (e.g. in a company)×32
- 土建civil engineering and construction×28
- 工法method of construction×17