2025/01/23
Speech timeSpeech duration
1h 27minWord count11,116
Unique words · 1,049 once
1,968 Unique kanji · 239 once
739Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length8.9
Speech speed
344 Difficulty Easy
Episodes10
RatingExternal Rating
70 %Yuta Takubo, a drama director consumed by his demanding job, and Kosuke Sato, a former chef now living as a recluse, reconnect after the divorce of their high school friend, Aoi Makita. The two begin to heal through regular dinners, rediscover their passions, and regain a sense of self.
Genres
Drama
SourcesTMDB
Japanese study overview
Bansan Blues is a Japanese drama of 27,034 characters, with 1,968 unique words and 739 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,968 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.
- 優太Yūta×97
- 俺I×95
- 耕助Kōsuke×77
- 思うto think×73
- 言うto say×50
- 木山Kiyama×41
- 食べるto eat×39
- 葵mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae)×38
- 今日today×34
- 人person×32
- 今now×30
- 自分myself×30
- 田窪Takunobo×26
- 二宮second most important provincial shrine×4
- 金田Kanata×3
- 片栗粉potato starch×3
- 春キャベツspring cabbage×3
- 監督supervision×25
- 作るto make×24
- 上野Agano×23