1984/04/13
Speech timeSpeech duration
1h 31minWord count8,436
Unique words · 930 once
1,736 Unique kanji · 257 once
807Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length10.5
Speech speed
240 Difficulty Hard
RatingExternal Rating
95 %The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined influence to establish the Shingon school during the Heian period in early 9th Century AD.
Japanese study overview
Kuukai is a Japanese movie of 18,153 characters, with 1,736 unique words and 807 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,736 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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- 空海Akimi×64
- 私I×57
- 密教esoteric Buddhism×56
- 帝emperor (of Japan)×48
- 皇子Son of God×42
- 帰るto return×42
- 生きるto live×39
- 最澄Saichō×33
- 都capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital)×32
- 真魚Mao×32
- 年year×29
- お前you×27
- 奈良Nara (city, prefecture)×23
- 唐Kara×23
- 長安Chōan×23
- 薬子Kusuko×22
- 阿闍梨high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils)×18
- 上皇retired emperor×16
- 伊予Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)×14
- 日嗣imperial throne×14