2025/01/23
Speech timeSpeech duration
1h 27minWord count12,086
Unique words · 1,097 once
2,058 Unique kanji · 231 once
744Speech speed
343 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 29,899 characters, with 2,058 unique words and 744 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,058 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×409
- 耕助Kōsuke×293
- 葵mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae)×219
- 木山Kiyama×112
- 俺I×95
- 思うto think×73
- 上野Agano×66
- 言うto say×50
- 食べるto eat×39
- 今日today×34
- 音sound×33
- 人person×32
- 二宮second most important provincial shrine×20
- 亀井Kamei×20
- 田窪Takunobo×18
- 松原pine grove×17
- 上野Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)×10
- 若井Wakai×10
- 京子Atsuko×9
- 脚本家scriptwriter×8