Set during the early Showa period, Yakumo enters the world of rakugo. He forms a friendship with talented storyteller Yurakutei. Yakumo admires Yurakutei’s talent and struggles to achieve his level of performance. With the help of geisha Miyokichi, Yakumo grows up as a rakugo storyteller. Yurakutei and Miyokichi get married, but they die in a mysterious accident. Yakumo takes Konatsu, who is the child of Yurakutei and Miyokichi, and raises her. Konatsu grows up blaming Yakumo as her parents’ enemy. Konatsu and Yakumo’s disciple Yotaro chases after the truth of her parents’ death, which Yakumo hides.
Japanese study overview
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu is a Japanese drama of 73,171 characters, with 4,447 unique words and 1,217 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,447 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.
- 落語rakugo×272
- 師匠master×194
- 言うto say×158
- 俺I×123
- お前you×95
- 私I×94
- お前さんyou×92
- 思うto think×85
- 死ぬto die×81
- 聞くto hear×75
- 出るto leave×72
- 今now×72
- 助六inari and maki sushi served together×72
- 小夏Konatsu×48
- 与太idle talk×45
- 八雲thick clouds×45
- 真打main performer×44
- 寄席entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.)×40
- 松田Uirane×36
- 噺talk×34