In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
Japanese study overview
Zangiku monogatari is a Japanese movie of 21,660 characters, with 2,023 unique words and 770 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,023 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.
- 言うto say×78
- お徳good-value×77
- 若旦那young master×64
- お前you×48
- 菊chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)×32
- 菊之助Kikunosuke×31
- 帰るto return×29
- 芝居play×27
- 思うto think×27
- 東京Tokyo×22
- 芸art×20
- 出すto take out×20
- 寺島Terashima×18
- 松幸Shoukou×15
- 音羽屋Otowaya (stage name of a kabuki family)×13
- 菊五郎Kikugorou×7
- 大旦那(one's) father-in-law×6
- 心持feeling×6
- 太夫元manager (theatrical company)×5
- 墨染dyeing black×5