The reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune in the Edo period, was notable for the “Ooka Sabaki” which supported the Kyoho Reforms that Yoshimune advanced. Yoshimune goes beyond status and the position he has been thrust in, to join with Edo magistrate Ooka Tadasuke and the Western medicine doctor Sakakibara Iori in order to promote the creation of a world for the common people of Edo. These three men deepen exchanges with the magistrate’s office and the townsfolk, uphold justice and struggle to keep order in Edo…
Japanese study overview
Ooka Echizen is a Japanese drama of 509,123 characters, with 13,054 unique words and 1,986 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 13,054 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×1,145
- 私I×1,022
- 奉行magistrate×984
- 言うto say×943
- 事thing×827
- お前you×620
- 俺I×538
- 旦那master (of a house, shop, etc.)×517
- 聞くto hear×469
- 思うto think×446
- 上様emperor×444
- 待つto wait×430
- 忠相Tadasuke×351
- おっ母さんmother×245
- 大岡Oooka×233
- 雪絵Kiyoe×182
- 越前Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)×180
- 兵ヱHyōe×172
- 三次third×140
- 長屋tenement house×125