2020/12/01
CharactersCharacter count179,799
Word count74,844
Unique words · 3,538 once
7,878 Unique kanji · 275 once
1,643Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length25.9
Difficulty ≈ Average
Dialogue24.1%
Duration
13 h2019年度全米図書賞翻訳部門、2020年度ブッカー国際賞最終候補作。「自由」の意義が問われる今、世界に響いた小川洋子文学。
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Japanese study overview
Hisoyakana Kesshou is a Japanese novel of 179,799 characters, with 7,878 unique words and 1,643 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,878 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.
- 彼he×505
- 言うto say×225
- 中inside×173
- 氏Mr×165
- 時time×157
- 自分myself×155
- 思うto think×154
- 上above×152
- 声voice×134
- 消滅extinction×131
- 記憶memory×121
- 秘密警察secret police×106
- 坐るto sit (down)×26
- 乾drying×21
- 密やかquiet×19
- 具合いcondition×18
- 小川洋子Yōko Ogawa (1962.3.30-; writer)×16
- 観測所observatory×16
- 幌canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it)×16
- 百葉箱Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges)×13