A dead body is found in a storage area. The victim is a woman in her 20's, who ran a small restaurant. Soon after, a 19-year-old man is arrested for murder and abandonment of corpse. Lawyer Daisaburo Kikuchi, who used to be a judge, takes the young man’s case as his lawyer. The case seems to be clear cut, because the man confessed to the crimes. But, things soon change. The man denies the charges at his trial. Lawyer Daisaburo Kikuchi investigates and he soon faces the truth behind the case.
Japanese study overview
Jiken is a Japanese drama of 30,752 characters, with 2,266 unique words and 851 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,266 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.
- 葉津Hatsu×181
- 子child×152
- 宮内inside the Imperial Palace×79
- 宏Kō×78
- 佳江Kae×60
- 言うto say×60
- 思うto think×59
- 被告人accused×56
- 上田high rice field×56
- 俺I×51
- 私I×49
- 殺すto kill×38
- 子Ko×33
- 岡部Okabe×32
- 菊地Kikuji×31
- 谷本Takimoto×28
- 弁護人counsel×28
- 検察官public prosecutor×15
- 置場place to put something×13
- 公訴事実facts constituting the offense charged×10