The Armed Detective Agency's latest case brings them to the floating city Standard Island, a strange man-made vessel and a resort for the wealthy off the coast of Yokohama. But what awaits the detectives turns out to be far more complicated than any of them could have expected: a bomb, time travel, a mysterious skill user named H. G. Wells...Will this case spell the end of Yokohama itself?! (Source: Yen Press)
Japanese study overview
Bungou Stray Dogs: 55 Minutes is a Japanese novel of 123,036 characters, with 7,266 unique words and 1,804 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,266 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 敦Atsu×878
- 云うto say×358
- 島island×298
- 太宰Tasai×279
- 国木田Kunikida×265
- 異能unusual power×200
- 芥川Aikawa×174
- 兵器arms×140
- 船長ship's captain×125
- 壁wall×113
- 達pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)×110
- 中inside×105
- 探偵社detective agency×68
- 樋口Toiguchi×38
- 隔壁barrier wall×36
- 異能者person with supernatural abilities×33
- 又三郎Matasaburō×31
- 映写機projector (film, slide, etc.)×30
- 塵箱trash can×28
- 時計塔clock tower×25