Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
Japanese study overview
99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi is a Japanese drama of 246,948 characters, with 8,600 unique words and 1,621 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,600 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.
- 私I×479
- 言うto say×430
- 事件event×361
- 先生teacher×336
- お前you×282
- 思うto think×275
- 俺I×236
- 前in front (of)×226
- 聞くto hear×210
- 佐田Sata×204
- 社長company president×196
- 僕I×191
- 深山mountain recesses×178
- 明石Akaishi×151
- 深山Shinzan×146
- 羊羹yōkan×88
- 弁護人counsel×82
- 岩村Iwamura×81
- 尾崎Osaki×80
- 赤木bishop wood (Bischofia javanica)×56