2017/12/04
CharactersCharacter count28,722
Word count13,694
Unique words · 1,495 once
2,591 Unique kanji · 320 once
1,084Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length21.3
Difficulty Hard
Dialogue11.1%
Duration
2 h光源氏が生涯かけて愛したのは藤壺ではなく父桐壷だった。 父に女という性を持っているだけで愛され抱かれる彼女達を憎んだ。 それゆえ女という女を傷つけたくて女遍歴を重ねる。 さらに父の代用として頭中将や兄朱雀帝を受け入れる。 「裏紅葉賀」「裏須磨」「裏明石」三編収録。
Genres
Romance
Tags
Boys' Love
SourcesGoogle Books
Japanese study overview
Genji Monogatari - Shukuchoku Ura is a Japanese novel of 28,722 characters, with 2,591 unique words and 1,084 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,591 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.
- 源氏Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)×345
- 中将lieutenant general×207
- 帝emperor (of Japan)×113
- 私I×107
- 父father×91
- 自分myself×68
- 朱雀Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)×64
- 思うto think×52
- 声voice×50
- 中inside×49
- 女woman×48
- 聞くto hear×41
- 主上emperor×26
- 藤壺acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)×25
- 左大臣Minister of the Left (second-ranked official in the Department of State under the ritsuryō system)×18
- 典侍maid of honor×17
- 須磨Suma×14
- 御帳台curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)×11
- 物の怪evil spirit×10
- 桐壺court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)×8