When Kiriko Yanagida first came to Otsuka's law offices, she had only a familial conviction of her brother's innocence despite his confessing to the murder. To the high-profile (and high priced) lawyer Otsuka, this small-town girl's belief was nothing more than naive hope, so he sent her away, advising her to find a local lawyer or something. Now, Kiriko plots to avenge her brother -- entirely pro bono.
Japanese study overview
Kiri no Hata is a Japanese novel of 129,151 characters, with 6,543 unique words and 1,746 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,543 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 桐子Kiriko×620
- 大塚Ootsuka×377
- 阿部Abu×302
- 云うto say×286
- 弁護士lawyer×285
- 健次Kenji×284
- 径子Keiko×258
- 柳田Yagita×221
- 思うto think×208
- 彼he×182
- 彼女she×180
- 欽三Kinzabu×159
- 信子Ayako×146
- 杉浦Sugiura×113
- 啓一Keiichi×110
- 正夫Tadao×87
- 山上mountain top×61
- 借用証書promissory note×35
- 樫evergreen oak×34
- 坐るto sit (down)×33