Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo is a samurai eager to test his skills and sword and make his first kill. The dojo he belongs to practices the Tennen Rishin style and teaches this to farmers. Not considered real samurai by other dojo's, they receive a request for a duel by a rival dojo practicing the Kogen Itto style. Sohaku Rokusha, a teacher there, challenges them and fights with Hijikata Toshizo. The outcome of the fight creates a deadly animosity between them that lasts through the ages.
Japanese study overview
Moeyo Ken is a Japanese movie of 13,247 characters, with 1,698 unique words and 787 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,698 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.
- 歳year×62
- 俺I×48
- 斬るto kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)×47
- お前you×29
- 佐絵Sae×28
- 先生teacher×25
- 私I×23
- 土方construction worker×23
- 新選組Shinsengumi×23
- 女woman×21
- 屋shop×17
- 言うto say×16
- 池田Iketa×16
- 清河Kiyokawa×14
- 六車Mukuruma×13
- 理心Riko×13
- 剣法(art of) fencing×13
- 一刀流Ittō-ryū×9
- 浪士ronin×8
- 斬り込むto cut deep into×7