Newspaper journalist Shunsuke Akiba is transferred to the cultural desk and put in charge of shogi. He meets Nobushige Sanada, a 33-year-old aiming to be a professional shogi player by achieving the rank of 4-dan or more. Sanada is over the age limit as he could not achieve 4-dan by the age of 26, and is now trying to take an exam for admission to 3-dan. Akiba supports Sanada's attempt to become a professional shogi player and becomes interested in the game.
Japanese study overview
Banjou no alpha: Yakusoku no shougi is a Japanese drama of 24,236 characters, with 2,069 unique words and 772 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,069 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.
- 将棋shogi×105
- 真田plait×77
- 事thing×74
- 言うto say×60
- お前you×56
- 思うto think×48
- 俺I×45
- 負けるto lose×44
- 伊達elegance×37
- 時time×36
- 君Mr×34
- 秋葉Akiha×33
- 真田Sanata×24
- 恵子Ayako×21
- 鳳large bird×21
- 対局(playing a) game (of go, shogi, etc.)×16
- 編入試験entrance examination (for a transfer student)×13
- 棋士professional shogi player×12
- 持ち時間time assigned to one×12
- 千田Senta×11