Hoshi no Ko

Novel·星の子·Under the Stars
Hoshi no Ko
2019/12/01
Characters74,643
Word count31,543
Unique words
4,794
Unique kanji
1,182
Avg. sentence18.8
Difficulty Easy
Dialogue30.5%
Duration
5 h

林ちひろは、中学3年生。出生直後から病弱だったちひろを救いたい一心で、両親は「あやしい宗教」にのめり込んでいき、その信仰は少しずつ家族のかたちを歪めていく...。野間文芸新人賞を受賞し、本屋大賞にもノミネートされた著者の代表作。

Japanese study overview

Hoshi no Ko is a Japanese novel of 74,643 characters, with 4,794 unique words and 1,182 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,794 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

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