2007/08/01
CharactersCharacter count177,897
Word count83,636
Unique words · 4,554 once
9,424 Unique kanji · 372 once
2,073Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length41.4
Difficulty Expert
Duration
13 h急逝した友人の一周忌近く、故人からの遺贈として届いた一枚の絵地図。友人が好んだ野川の散歩道を描いた絵の片隅で、大人が子供の手を引いていた。それは子を妊った娘の未来像か、東京大空襲の翌朝に母親と歩いた荒川土手の風景か―。はるか時空を往還し、生と死のエロスの根源に迫る、古井文学の到達点。
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Japanese study overview
Nogawa is a Japanese novel of 177,897 characters, with 9,424 unique words and 2,073 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,424 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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- 私I×352
- 人person×295
- 女woman×294
- 井well×265
- 斐Akira×265
- 内山Uchama×253
- 自分myself×240
- 思うto think×234
- 時time×228
- 見えるto be seen×223
- 前in front (of)×217
- 家house×214
- 空襲air-raid×32
- 蟬cicada×31
- 面相countenance×30
- 野川brook running across meadowland×27
- 閑spare time×27
- 土手道causeway×27
- 訝るto wonder×24
- 寝覚めawaken×23