1971/05/18
Speech timeSpeech duration
1h 4minWord count7,870
Unique words · 1,092 once
1,830 Unique kanji · 286 once
809Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length15.5
Speech speed
296 Difficulty Hard
RatingExternal Rating
67 %Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.
Japanese study overview
Gishiki is a Japanese movie of 17,618 characters, with 1,830 unique words and 809 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,830 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.
- 僕I×137
- 君you×59
- 私I×56
- 満洲男Masuo×51
- 輝道Terumichi×43
- 君Mr×39
- 言うto say×31
- おじい様grandfather×30
- 律子Noriko×29
- 節子Kotoko×27
- 思うto think×26
- 人person×23
- 忠Atsushi×14
- 田家rural cottage×12
- 満洲Manchuria×11
- 韓一郎Kan'ichirō×9
- 初夜bridal night×8
- 共産党Communist Party×6
- 忠loyalty×6
- おばあ様grandmother×6