Saigo no Chuushingura

Drama·最後の忠臣蔵
Saigo no Chuushingura
2004/11/05
Speech time
2h 45min
Word count15,396
Unique words
3,542
Unique kanji
1,207
Speech speed
255
Difficulty Expert
Episodes6

Chushingura is a famous story in Japan on 47 samurai in the Edo period who avenge their lord against Lord Kira, who was the cause of the master's death. This drama based on Ikemiya Shoichiro's book focuses on Terasaka Kichiemon, the only survivor of the 47 samurai. After raiding Kira's residence and taking avenge, Terasaka receives an order from Oishi Kuranosuke, the leader of the group to escape from the site. The rest of the samurai is ordered to commit seppuku by the Shogunate and kill themselves. Living in disguise and receiving contempt from others, Terasaka struggles to follow Oishi's order. He works to pass down the true intention of avenge to the next generation and at the same time looks after the families of the 46 members.

Genres
Drama
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Saigo no Chuushingura is a Japanese drama of 34,892 characters, with 3,542 unique words and 1,207 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,542 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
21min
Word count1,883
Unique words
798
Unique kanji
501
Speech speed
246
Difficulty Expert

Episode 2

Speech time
28min
Word count2,738
Unique words
1,086
Unique kanji
623
Speech speed
271
Difficulty Expert

Episode 3

Speech time
30min
Word count2,934
Unique words
1,100
Unique kanji
581
Speech speed
264
Difficulty Expert

Episode 4

Speech time
28min
Word count2,563
Unique words
1,032
Unique kanji
598
Speech speed
248
Difficulty Expert

Episode 5

Speech time
31min
Word count2,925
Unique words
1,115
Unique kanji
631
Speech speed
252
Difficulty Expert

Episode 6

Speech time
25min
Word count2,353
Unique words
908
Unique kanji
499
Speech speed
248
Difficulty Expert

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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.

See the full vocabulary list (3,542 words)