2008/01/01
CharactersCharacter count155,168
Word count71,018
Unique words · 4,891 once
9,295 Unique kanji · 370 once
1,893Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length30.9
Difficulty Hard
Dialogue17.1%
Duration
11 hRatingExternal Rating
67 %文壇を惑乱し、陶酔させた異才。その出発点。 芥川賞受賞の表題作を含む初期短編集。 アメリカン・スクールの見学に訪れた日本人英語教師たちの不条理で滑稽な体験を通して、終戦後の日米関係を鋭利に諷刺する、芥川賞受賞の表題作のほか、若き兵士の揺れ動く心情を鮮烈に抉り取った文壇デビュー作「小銃」や、ユーモアと不安が共存する執拗なドタバタ劇「汽車の中」など全八編を収録。 一見無造作な文体から底知れぬ闇を感じさせる、特異な魅力を放つ鬼才の初期作品集。
Japanese study overview
American School is a Japanese novel of 155,168 characters, with 9,295 unique words and 1,893 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,295 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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- 僕I×1,387
- 私I×575
- 彼he×382
- 云うto say×261
- 思うto think×245
- 自分myself×205
- 中inside×184
- 伊佐Isa×155
- 方direction×148
- 子child×147
- 時time×136
- 佐野Sano×130
- ミチ子Michiko×95
- 塙Kaku×91
- 五郎Itsuo×82
- 大尉captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF)×78
- トキ子Tokiko×65
- 小銃rifle×46
- 細君(one's) wife×43
- 聞えるto be heard×32