Akagi Shigeru is a young, white-haired mahjong genius. One summer in 1965, he ends up facing off against Washizu Iwao, Japan’s King of Darkness who has amassed enormous fortune and power, at the request of his acquaintance, the rogue detective Yasuoka. As the observer, Ogi Takeshi, a leader of the henchmen of Inada-gumi watches over them, mahjong with special rules called Washizu Mahjong begins. It is a life or death struggle with Akagi’s fresh blood and Washizu’s entire fortune at stake.
Japanese study overview
Akagi is a Japanese drama of 122,147 characters, with 4,836 unique words and 1,210 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,836 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.
- 鷲巣Washisu×776
- お前you×304
- 筒pipe×283
- 萬10,000×272
- 索rope×270
- 様Mr×265
- 点dot×265
- 牌tile×242
- 俺I×236
- 今now×234
- 手hand×222
- 引くto pull×183
- 牌medal×181
- 満貫win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)×94
- 市川Ichika×85
- 安岡Yasuoka×76
- 差し込みinsertion×76
- 巡counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.×70
- 配牌starting tiles×66
- 国士distinguished citizen×56