Set in the Edo period, a story revolves around Kiyo, a woman who strives to overcome status differences of those days. When she pledges to live for love, a knife attack occurs at Edo castle. And as a 48th loyal retainer, her fate changes after a raid on Kira: she is determined to serve at the inner palace of Edo Castle called "Ooku".
Japanese study overview
Chuushingura no Koi: 48-ninme no Chuushin is a Japanese drama of 70,103 characters, with 4,336 unique words and 1,253 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,336 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.
- 様Mr×810
- 事thing×401
- 殿Mr.×261
- 私I×210
- 十郎Jūrou×132
- 奥方lady×132
- 吉良Kichiyoshi×123
- 殿feudal lord×121
- お殿様lord×120
- 方direction×87
- 家house×81
- 浅野Asano×74
- 左京Sakyō×69
- 桂katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)×60
- 赤穂Akao×57
- 尼Buddhist nun×52
- 喜世Kise×50
- 上杉Uesugi×47
- 仙hermit×46
- 公儀imperial court×35