2010/12/25
CharactersCharacter count119,562
Word count51,361
Unique words · 3,598 once
7,165 Unique kanji · 333 once
1,722Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length22.8
Difficulty Average
Dialogue23.0%
Duration
9 h山奥に忘れられたようにぽつんとある、小さくて古びた一軒の店「たけ屋」と、そこで支え合うように暮らしている母子、ヤスばあちゃんと地蔵じいさん。ぼくと夏美は、夏休みの間ずっと「たけ屋」の離れで暮らしてみる―という、なんとも心躍る展開になったのだけれど...。誰かを想うこと誰かの幸せを願うこと。切なくて、あたたかい、心の故郷の物語。
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Japanese study overview
Natsumi no Hotaru is a Japanese novel of 119,562 characters, with 7,165 unique words and 1,722 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,165 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.
- 夏美Natsumi×436
- 地蔵Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)×355
- 雲月Ungetsu×252
- 言うto say×188
- 慎吾Shingo×151
- 前in front (of)×105
- 顔face×103
- 写真photograph×96
- 目eye×93
- 思うto think×90
- 自分myself×84
- 屋shop×84
- 拓也Takuya×62
- 風鈴wind chime×52
- 恵三Ezou×50
- 美也子Miyako×49
- 公英Kimie×44
- 菩薩bodhisattva×32
- 仏師Buddhist image maker×31
- 仏像statue of Buddha×28