2007/11/23
Speech timeSpeech duration
59minWord count4,827
Unique words · 712 once
1,218 Unique kanji · 203 once
506Speech speed
207 Difficulty Hard
RatingExternal Rating
70 %The tale of hardship, love, determination and life of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto.
Genres
Drama
Japanese study overview
Hana Ikusa: Kyoto Gion Densetsu no Geiko - Iwasaki Mineko is a Japanese movie of 11,260 characters, with 1,218 unique words and 506 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,218 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 祇園Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)×42
- 峰子Takako×37
- 言うto say×33
- 姐さんolder sister×29
- 思うto think×25
- 芸妓geisha×23
- 峰peak×20
- 紗江子Saeko×16
- あや子Ayako×16
- お座敷tatami room×15
- 何でwhy?×14
- 恋(romantic) love×13
- 舞妓maiko×12
- 政子Shigeko×9
- 岩崎Iiwasaki×9
- 弘樹Kōki×8
- お子(another's) child×6
- 店出しmisedashi×6
- お茶屋(geisha) teahouse×6
- 佳枝Kae×5