Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
Japanese study overview
Ryōmaden is a Japanese drama of 285,208 characters, with 9,129 unique words and 1,830 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,129 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.
- 龍馬Ryūma×1,090
- 様Mr×718
- 坂本Karumera×633
- 土佐Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)×607
- 言うto say×526
- 武市Takeichi×443
- 先生teacher×422
- 長州Chōshū×403
- 日本Japan×368
- 幕府shogunate×326
- 藩han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods)×315
- 薩摩Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)×306
- 弥太郎Yatarō×265
- 攘夷expulsion of foreigners×240
- 以蔵Izou×216
- お龍Oryū×179
- 大殿current master×164
- 坂本龍馬Sakamoto Ryōma (1836-1867; samurai and politician)×159
- 下士non-commissioned officer×123
- 脱藩becoming a lordless samurai×117