A young Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Yamamoto Koji) meets a homeless orphan Ryosuke (Kurokawa Souya). Surprised by his deadly skills with a wooden sword, Mitsukuni invites him to the covert organisation known as Juninshu. The members of Juninshu are orphans with outstanding skills. They conduct intelligence work using their special abilities and help to capture criminals. With the help of Juninshu, Mitsukuni discovers that Nishiki Hyonosuke (Kato Shigeaki) is the leader of the gang of arsonists that caused the Great Fire of Meireki. Hyonosuke is the son of Unkei (Ishizaka Koji), a sculptor specialising in Buddha statues whom Mitsukuni admires. Unkei has lived to bring Hyonosuke, who has gone off the right path, to justice with his own hands. Hyonosuke aims to overthrow the Tokugawas and a fierce battle is imminent. Worried for Mitsukuni, his wife Yasu (Matsumoto Honoka) seeks the help of the great swordsman Yagyu Gisen (Tachi Hiroshi).
Japanese study overview
Kenjushou ~Mitsukuni-kou to Ore~ is a Japanese drama of 40,636 characters, with 3,036 unique words and 1,050 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,036 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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×157
- 了助Ryōsuke×116
- 私I×93
- お前you×89
- 人person×87
- 光圀Mitsukuni×80
- 氷ice×74
- 介shellfish×74
- お主you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)×64
- 殿Mr.×61
- 俺I×55
- 泰Thailand×54
- 水戸Mito (city in Ibaraki)×53
- 拾ten×38
- 大火事large fire×36
- 慶Iwai×29
- 仙hermit×26
- 世継ぎheir×22
- 火付けarson×21
- 鶴市Tsuruichi×21