1954/11/23
Speech timeSpeech duration
48minWord count6,621
Unique words · 888 once
1,475 Unique kanji · 246 once
612Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length11.4
Speech speed
345 Difficulty Hard
RatingExternal Rating
78 %When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
Genres
Drama
Romance
Japanese study overview
Chikamatsu Monogatari is a Japanese movie of 14,918 characters, with 1,475 unique words and 612 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,475 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
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 茂兵衛Mohei×94
- 様Mr×72
- お家your home×48
- 私I×42
- 言うto say×41
- お前you×39
- 旦那様husband×39
- 思うto think×25
- 持つto hold (in one's hand)×23
- お玉ladle×20
- 経師scroll mounter×20
- 家house×18
- 岐阜Gifu (city, prefecture)×17
- 貫目unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg×12
- 助右衛門Sukeuemon×8
- 不義immorality×8
- 大坂Osaka (city, prefecture)×8
- 貫kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)×7
- 内儀your wife×7
- 密通adultery×6