
日本人は二つの日本語を使い分けている。古来受け継がれてきた日常の「話し言葉」に対し、外国文化を直訳し理解するために作られた人工の「書き言葉」。よい文章を書くには、その決定的な違いを知ることが不可欠だ。句読点や段落の切り方、語感の豊かな言葉選び、文末語の変化が生み出すリズムや余韻――。言文一致という幻想を疑い、ホンネとタテマエの文化的二重構造に切り込む。近代日本語の誕生から解き明かす異色文章読本。
Nihongo wo Dou Kaku ka is a Japanese non-fiction of 91,263 characters, with 4,869 unique words and 1,424 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,869 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.