1981/02/27
CharactersCharacter count121,212
Word count51,471
Unique words · 4,551 once
8,603 Unique kanji · 358 once
1,790Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length32.7
Difficulty Hard
Dialogue12.5%
Duration
9 h砂丘へ昆虫採集に出かけた男が、砂穴の底に埋もれていく一軒家に閉じ込められる。考えつく限りの方法で脱出を試みる男。家を守るために、男を穴の中にひきとめておこうとする女。そして、穴の上から男の逃亡を妨害し、二人の生活を眺める村の人々。ドキュメンタルな手法、サスペンスあふれる展開のうちに、人間存在の極限の姿を追求した長編。20数ヶ国語に翻訳されている。読売文学賞受賞作。（解説・ドナルド・キーン）
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Japanese study overview
Suna no Onna is a Japanese novel of 121,212 characters, with 8,603 unique words and 1,790 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,603 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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- 砂sand×434
- 女woman×410
- 男man×237
- 彼he×131
- 中inside×98
- 水water (esp. cool or cold)×96
- 思うto think×90
- 上above×86
- 言うto say×82
- 自分myself×82
- 部落hamlet×79
- 顔face×60
- 手拭tenugui×31
- 砂丘sand dune×27
- 縄梯子rope ladder×24
- 土間dirt floor×22
- 向うopposite side×21
- 鴉crow (Corvus spp.)×19
- 振向くto turn one's face×16
- 流動flow×15