In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant jobs, therefore changing the social structure. Now, 80 years after the initial outbreak with a 1:4 male:female ratio, Japan is a completely matriarchal society. Females hold all important political positions, and males are their consorts. Only the most powerful female—head of Tokugawa shogunate—may keep a harem of handsome and unproductive males, known as "Ōoku".
Japanese study overview
Oooku is a Japanese drama of 143,458 characters, with 7,521 unique words and 1,684 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,521 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Similar Media
xx% = content similarity
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 私I×632
- 様Mr×623
- 上様emperor×581
- 大奥inner palace (in Edo Castle)×213
- 赤面blushing×185
- 男man×170
- 思うto think×169
- 言うto say×166
- 者person×165
- 公official×160
- 人person×153
- 女woman×148
- 御台wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman×118
- 有功merit×80
- 痘smallpox×80
- 宮様prince×76
- 薩摩Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)×66
- 吉宗Yoshimune×59
- 瀧山Takiyama×57
- 田沼Tanuma×47