2016/08/20
Speech timeSpeech duration
50minWord count6,019
Unique words · 897 once
1,436 Unique kanji · 266 once
659Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length17.0
Speech speed
307 Difficulty Hard
RatingExternal Rating
66 %KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell intimate stories of Ken's journey: how one man of quiet dignity became a cultural barrier-breaking film star.
Japanese study overview
Ken-san is a Japanese movie of 13,706 characters, with 1,436 unique words and 659 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,436 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.
- 健Ken×99
- 言うto say×40
- 思うto think×37
- 僕I×35
- 時time×29
- 人person×25
- 高倉Takakura×25
- 映画movie×24
- 自分myself×18
- 俺I×18
- 私I×16
- 出るto leave×16
- 小田Ota×5
- 剛一Kōichi×5
- 泰治Taiji×5
- 任侠映画yakuza film×4
- 網走Abashiri (former subprefecture in eastern Hokkaido, now Okhotsk Subprefecture)×4
- 番外地location without an address×4
- 特攻隊special attack unit×4
- 中inside×15