2017/04/01
CharactersCharacter count187,110
Word count81,175
Unique words · 5,496 once
10,430 Unique kanji · 529 once
2,266Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length26.2
Difficulty Expert
Dialogue8.4%
Duration
13 h古代から現代まで、日本語の全貌を解明する新書で初めての通史。文字・音韻・語彙・文法の変遷から、日本語の起源の姿が見えてくる。
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Japanese study overview
Nihongo Zenshi is a Japanese non-fiction of 187,110 characters, with 10,430 unique words and 2,266 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 10,430 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.
- 用いるto use×621
- 意feelings×301
- 表すto represent×251
- 語word×248
- 年year×201
- 漢字kanji×189
- 助動詞inflecting dependent word (in Japanese)×177
- 上above×173
- 漢語Japanese word of Chinese origin×172
- 動詞verb×171
- 世紀century×169
- 母音vowel×168
- 連用形continuative form (of a Japanese verb or adjective)×143
- 連体形attributive form (of a Japanese verb or adjective)×143
- 用法way of using (something)×117
- 浮世fleeting life×116
- 仮名kana×106
- 形容詞adjective×101
- 終止形plain form (of a Japanese verb or adjective)×100
- 子音consonant×90