Joe Yabukihara starts working as a masseur with the encouragement of Madam Eco, the owner of a massage shop whom he happened to become acquainted with about a year ago. Recognising that he is gifted in massage, Eco makes Joe go to the homes of all kinds of customers, although it agonizes him because he dislikes people and has anxiety around strangers. One day, the wealthy husband of Joe's customer is murdered and Joe finds himself suspected by police detectives. At the suggestion of fellow masseur Aguri, Joe uses his massage techniques and powers of observation to solve the mystery and clear his name. This becomes the turning point in his life. After that, he keeps getting involved in strange murder cases at customers' homes and demonstrates his unexpected talent each time.
Japanese study overview
Massage Tantei Joe is a Japanese drama of 57,170 characters, with 3,784 unique words and 1,180 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,784 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.
- 私I×130
- 言うto say×91
- お前you×84
- 俺I×79
- 僕I×68
- 待つto wait×59
- 人person×58
- 事件event×58
- 今now×57
- 探偵detective×56
- 犯人offender×56
- 殺すto kill×54
- 志帆Shiho×26
- 翔子Sachiko×25
- マッサージ師masseuse×23
- 鬼島Onishima×22
- 矢吹Yabuki×18
- 密漁poaching (fish or seafood)×15
- 段平broadsword×14
- 按摩師masseuse×9