2003/06/01
CharactersCharacter count130,319
Word count56,894
Unique words · 3,460 once
6,852 Unique kanji · 328 once
1,537Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length24.6
Difficulty Average
Dialogue18.9%
Duration
9 h「わたしは腕に犬を飼っている―」ちょっとした気まぐれから、謎の中国人彫師に彫ってもらった犬の刺青。「ポッキー」と名づけたその刺青がある日突然、動き出し...。肌に棲む犬と少女の不思議な共同生活を描く表題作ほか、その目を見た者を、石に変えてしまうという魔物の伝承を巡る怪異譚「石ノ目」など、天才・乙一のファンタジー・ホラー四編を収録する傑作短編集。
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Japanese study overview
Heimen Inu. is a Japanese novel of 130,319 characters, with 6,852 unique words and 1,537 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,852 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.
- 私I×395
- 彼he×243
- 彼女she×198
- 言うto say×174
- 思うto think×172
- 女woman×168
- 犬dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)×168
- 石stone×160
- 家house×139
- 時time×136
- 自分myself×132
- 中inside×127
- 木園Kisono×116
- 刺青tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one)×114
- 下水道sewer×100
- 上腕upper arm×29
- 耕平Kōhei×28
- 子供部屋child's room×24
- 淳男Akio×19
- 骨董屋antique store×11