Koi wa Yami

Drama·恋は闇·Murderous Encounter
Koi wa Yami
2025/04/16
Speech time
5h 28min
Word count34,228
Unique words
4,265
Unique kanji
1,213
Avg. sentence11.5
Speech speed
285
Difficulty Average
Episodes10
Rating
60 %

Two journalists fall in love while investigating a serial murder case, but as secrets unfold, she must decide if she can trust him or if he's the killer she’s searching for.

Genres
Drama
Mystery
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Koi wa Yami is a Japanese drama of 80,685 characters, with 4,265 unique words and 1,213 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,265 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
34min
Word count3,706
Unique words
1,196
Unique kanji
583
Avg. sentence12.5
Speech speed
304
Difficulty Hard

Episode 2

Speech time
32min
Word count3,310
Unique words
1,091
Unique kanji
500
Avg. sentence11.2
Speech speed
284
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
32min
Word count3,698
Unique words
1,099
Unique kanji
539
Avg. sentence11.2
Speech speed
308
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
30min
Word count3,198
Unique words
970
Unique kanji
487
Avg. sentence10.7
Speech speed
286
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
33min
Word count3,352
Unique words
1,078
Unique kanji
553
Avg. sentence11.3
Speech speed
283
Difficulty Average

Episode 6

Speech time
33min
Word count3,366
Unique words
1,022
Unique kanji
529
Avg. sentence11.5
Speech speed
276
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
31min
Word count3,392
Unique words
984
Unique kanji
506
Avg. sentence12.0
Speech speed
286
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
32min
Word count3,461
Unique words
987
Unique kanji
506
Avg. sentence11.3
Speech speed
288
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
32min
Word count3,405
Unique words
1,047
Unique kanji
549
Avg. sentence12.6
Speech speed
282
Difficulty Hard

Episode 10

Speech time
35min
Word count3,340
Unique words
992
Unique kanji
527
Avg. sentence10.5
Speech speed
258
Difficulty Average

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Vocabulary highlights

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