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.
Japanese study overview
Saigo no Chuushingura is a Japanese drama of 35,000 characters, with 3,559 unique words and 1,206 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,559 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.
- 様Mr×243
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×117
- 大石Oishi×99
- 事thing×86
- 寺坂Terasaka×74
- 孫左衛門Magozaemon×71
- 吉右衛門Kichiuemon×62
- 殿Mr.×60
- 私I×57
- 申すto say×51
- 家house×49
- 言うto say×45
- 赤穂Akao×41
- 討ち入りstorming (e.g. an enemy's castle)×38
- 篠thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)×37
- 吉良Kichiyoshi×36
- 浅野Asano×34
- 公儀imperial court×24
- 内蔵助Kurasuke×22
- 大石large stone×18