After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the country and rule in these turbulent times. In the mid-1540s, there is a young wandering samurai in Mino which is strategically located between the East and West. His name is Akechi Mitsuhide. At this time, there is plenty of internal strife within the Toki clan which rules Mino. Surrounded by the Oda of Owari, the Imagawa of Suruga and the Asakura of Echizen, Mino has constantly faced the risk of invasion. Mitsuhide is pulled into battle and destroys the enemy. His bravery as well as stratagem catches the attention of Saito Toshimasa, the chief retainer of the Toki clan, and he is singled out. This man who is also known as Saito Dosan will go on to takeover the Toki and make Mino his own.
Japanese study overview
Kirin ga Kuru is a Japanese drama of 248,741 characters, with 9,342 unique words and 1,839 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,342 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.
- 様Mr×1,776
- 私I×630
- 殿Mr.×629
- 信長Nobunaga×552
- 戦war×478
- 思うto think×457
- 十兵衛Jūbee×450
- 申すto say×369
- 者person×330
- 美濃Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)×312
- 城castle×295
- 京imperial capital (esp. Kyoto)×294
- 明智Akachi×287
- 織田Osada×256
- 公方public affairs×242
- 尾張Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)×218
- 帰蝶Kichō×174
- 松永Matsunaka×147
- 上洛going to Kyoto×129
- 三河Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)×113