1918/01/01
CharactersCharacter count24,142
Word count11,968
Unique words · 1,469 once
2,453 Unique kanji · 462 once
1,190Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length48.9
Difficulty Expert
Dialogue7.9%
Duration
2 hRatingExternal Rating
72 %地獄変の屏風絵を完成させるために、娘を見殺しにする天才絵師・良秀に、芥川自身の芸術至上主義を重ねて語られることの多い表題作「地獄変」をはじめ、藪の中で発見された男の死体について複数の人物の独白という形式で語られる、ミステリー要素の強い「藪の中」、腑甲斐ない女の魂を描く「六の宮の姫君」、夜空に消える一閃の花火に人生を象徴させた「舞踏会」の全四篇を収録。芥川作品の魅力にぐっとくる名作集。
Japanese study overview
Jigokuhen is a Japanese novel of 24,142 characters, with 2,453 unique words and 1,190 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,453 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.
- 良秀Yoshihide×109
- 申すto say×94
- 言うto say×88
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×79
- 事thing×76
- 様Mr×75
- 思うto think×64
- 大殿current master×62
- 私I×58
- 中inside×55
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×52
- 弟子pupil×51
- 屛風folding screen×32
- 地獄変picture of Hell×16
- 容子state (of affairs)×14
- 邸residence×12
- 絵師painter×12
- 儘as (it is)×12
- 耳木兎horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)×10
- 若殿young lord×8