Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, is watching Omine, who lives with him, from Kichizo, a resident of the same tenement house and a boatman. is asked to Kichizo and Mine have eloped and got married, but she feels empty in her boring daily life, and she wants to take a break by crossing the bridge over the river. On the other hand, Kichizo forbids him from crossing the bridge, fearing that his whereabouts will be known to others. Zenzaemon superimposes the appearance of these two people on the appearance of his former self and his wife, whom he killed himself.
Japanese study overview
Korosuna is a Japanese movie of 4,271 characters, with 615 unique words and 268 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 615 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.
- 峯peak×20
- 旦那master (of a house, shop, etc.)×18
- 吉蔵Kichizou×15
- お前you×12
- 待つto wait×11
- 思うto think×10
- 帰るto return×9
- 言うto say×7
- 殺すto kill×7
- あの人he×7
- 今now×6
- 船頭boatman×6
- 知るto know×6
- 愛しいlovely×6
- 自分myself×5
- 戻るto turn back (e.g. half-way)×5
- 橋bridge×4
- 今日today×4
- 出かけるto go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing)×4
- 女房wife (esp. one's own wife)×4