1999/02/01
CharactersCharacter count432,144
Word count177,259
Unique words · 5,708 once
12,425 Unique kanji · 291 once
1,956Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length26.9
Difficulty Average
Dialogue7.6%
Duration
31 hRatingExternal Rating
50 %1995年3月20日の朝、東京の地下でほんとうに何が起こったのか。同年1月の阪神大震災につづいて日本中を震撼させたオウム真理教団による地下鉄サリン事件。この事件を境に日本人はどこへ行こうとしているのか、62人の関係者にインタビューを重ね、村上春樹が真相に迫るノンフィクション書き下ろし。
Japanese study overview
Underground is a Japanese novel of 432,144 characters, with 12,425 unique words and 1,956 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 12,425 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×1,095
- 思うto think×1,064
- 言うto say×750
- 人person×669
- 電車train×548
- 出るto leave×518
- 僕I×498
- 会社company×467
- 方direction×403
- 自分myself×380
- 前in front (of)×380
- 事件event×378
- 日比谷線Hibiya Line×116
- 小伝馬町Kodenmachō×96
- 志津子Shizuko×88
- 地下鉄サリン事件sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (March 20, 1995)×60
- 丸ノ内線Marunouchisen×53
- 霞ヶ関Kasumigaseki×52
- 築地reclaimed land×50
- 一五fifteen×45