As war looms between the Kanto gambling syndicate Marugami-kai and the Tohoku tekiya group Kyokuzankai, Himuro Renji (Yasukaze Motomiya), wakagashira of Kyowakai, survives an assassination attempt, leaving tensions high. The conflict erupts when Hirakawa (Ichizō Matsuda) of Kyokuzankai attacks the Marugami-affiliated Sasaoka group. Tsurumi (Mikio Osawa), with approval from Mita (Shun Sugata), launches retaliation, triggering full-scale war. Amid the chaos, Kyowakai accelerates its bid for national unification. Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) heads to Hokkaido, while Himuro moves to consolidate Okinawa—where a different yakuza history awaits.
Japanese study overview
Nihon Touitsu 23 is a Japanese movie of 10,876 characters, with 1,279 unique words and 559 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,279 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 俺I×44
- 言うto say×30
- 会meeting×26
- 丸circle×26
- 兄弟brothers and sisters×21
- お前you×20
- 会長president (of a society)×19
- 氷室ice house×18
- 神god×18
- 侠pert×17
- 和sum×15
- 沖縄Okinawa (city, prefecture)×14
- 神農Shennong×11
- 神会Jinne×11
- 極山Gokuzan×10
- 平川Tairakawa×8
- 真栄田Saeda×8
- 代紋yakuza coat of arms×6
- 博徒gambler×5
- テキ屋stall-keeper (esp. at a festival)×4