1947/12/15
CharactersCharacter count79,725
Word count35,349
Unique words · 2,757 once
5,297 Unique kanji · 365 once
1,508Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length30.5
Difficulty ≈ Hard
Dialogue16.5%
Duration
6 hRatingExternal Rating
53 %没落貴族のかず子は、滅びるなら華麗に滅びたいと、道ならぬ恋に溺れていく。最後の貴婦人である母と、麻薬に溺れ破滅する弟・直治、無頼な生活を送る小説家・上原。戦後の混乱の中を生きる4人の滅びの美を描く。
Japanese study overview
Shayou is a Japanese novel of 79,725 characters, with 5,297 unique words and 1,508 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,297 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.
- 私I×725
- お母さまmother×325
- 事thing×202
- 言うto say×165
- 僕I×147
- 思うto think×134
- 直治Tadaharu×118
- 上原Uenohara×70
- 時time×63
- 私たちwe×58
- 死ぬto die×57
- 蛇snake×56
- 叔父さまuncle×49
- かず子Kazuko×36
- お座敷tatami room×26
- 生れるto be born×19
- 和田Kazuko×18
- 山荘mountain villa×18
- 坐るto sit (down)×18
- 洋画家artist who produces Western-style paintings×18