2007/05/12
Speech timeSpeech duration
1h 14minWord count5,722
Unique words · 680 once
1,223 Unique kanji · 208 once
524Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length8.4
Speech speed
205 Difficulty Easy
RatingExternal Rating
65 %Based on a hit manga by Takahashi Rumiko, this is a romantic comedy about the relationship of Otonashi Kyoko, the beautiful widow and manager of a boarding house and Godai Yusaku, a poor student tenant.
Genres
Comedy
Romance
Japanese study overview
Maison Ikkoku is a Japanese movie of 13,927 characters, with 1,223 unique words and 524 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,223 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.
- 事thing×56
- 五代Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)×54
- 私I×38
- 響子Otoko×38
- 僕I×36
- 思うto think×29
- 俺I×28
- 言うto say×26
- 人person×21
- 男man×21
- 就職finding employment×21
- お前you×19
- 音無Otona×11
- 惣一郎Souichirō×11
- 裕作Yūsaku×10
- 三鷹Mitaka×7
- 町人chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants)×3
- 脱サラsetting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker×3
- 保父male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.)×3
- 管理人administrator×17