2025/05/28
CharactersCharacter count64,988
Word count29,532
Unique words · 3,117 once
5,726 Unique kanji · 287 once
1,560Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length25.9
Difficulty Hard
Dialogue9.0%
Duration
5 hRatingExternal Rating
65 %40歳の植木職人・坂井祐治は、十数年前の災厄によって仕事道具を全てさらわれ、その２年後、妻を病気で喪う。自分を追い込み肉体を痛めつけながら仕事に没頭する日々。息子との関係はぎこちない。あの日海が膨張し、防潮堤ができた。元の生活は決して戻らない。なぜあの人は死に、自分は生き残ったのか。答えのない問いを抱え、男は彷徨い続ける。止むことのない渇きと痛みを描き絶賛を浴びた芥川賞受賞作。
Japanese study overview
Arechi no Kazoku is a Japanese novel of 64,988 characters, with 5,726 unique words and 1,560 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,726 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.
- 祐治Sachiji×570
- 言うto say×165
- 明夫Akio×158
- 啓太Keita×131
- 知加子Chikako×105
- 海sea×101
- 思うto think×90
- 晴海Seikai×82
- 聞くto hear×81
- 六郎Mutsuo×74
- 河原木Kawaharaki×68
- 仕事work×68
- 京介Kyōsuke×47
- 野本Nomoto×38
- 造園landscape gardening×34
- 軽トラックminitruck×21
- 和子Aiko×20
- 和子son of a person of high social standing×20
- 上役one's superior×18
- 孝filial piety×18