The first in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, based on a series of novels by popular mystery author Yasuo Uchida. One day, Detective Takemura Iwao, also known as Shinano's Columbo, becomes the first person to discover a dismembered murder case. At first glance, the case appears to be a simple murder caused by a financial dispute between an uncle and nephew, but Takemura, who is suspicious of this view, pursues the culprit with a dogged investigation in order to unravel the criminal's meticulous plan!
Japanese study overview
Uchida Yasuo Suspense: Shinano no Columbo: Shisha no Kodama is a Japanese movie of 16,061 characters, with 1,411 unique words and 667 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,411 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.
- 野本Nomoto×93
- 敏夫Toshio×36
- 竹村Kukemura×35
- 沢藤Sawatō×35
- 社長company president×34
- 私I×27
- 孝平Kōhei×26
- 言うto say×25
- 鳥羽Shiba×23
- 思うto think×21
- 事件event×21
- 岡部Okabe×21
- 浜野Hamano×21
- 五代Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)×20
- 通商commerce×20
- 福島Fukushima (city, prefecture)×15
- 理恵Ayae×11
- 根岸Kishimoto×11
- 青森Aomori (city, prefecture)×11
- 奥村Okumura×10