The head of the Mamiya clan committed suicide in protest against the feudal lord, Matsudaira. Matsudaira is a tyrant whose brother has appointed him to join the shogunate. The elderly Doi approaches Shimada Shinzaemon to carry out an assassination in hope of avoiding the war he feels is to come should Matsudaira get even more power. Though he initially refuses, Shimada decides to gather reliable people to assist him. But, on that fateful morning..
Japanese study overview
Juusan-nin no Shikaku (2020) is a Japanese drama of 13,910 characters, with 1,697 unique words and 709 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,697 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×59
- 殿feudal lord×48
- 継ぎpatch×45
- 斉Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States)×38
- 明石Akaishi×31
- お主you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)×30
- 殿Mr.×30
- 侍warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period)×24
- 待つto wait×23
- 尾張Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)×23
- 新Akira×22
- 左left×22
- 新左衛門Shinzaemon×21
- 鬼頭Onigashira×18
- 石koku×14
- 半兵衛Hanbei×13
- 新六郎Shinrokurou×12
- 老中member of shogun's council of elders×11
- 半兵衛feigned ignorance×10
- 千世thousand years×8