Hokuto no Ken: FIST OF THE NORTH STAR

Anime·北斗の拳 -FIST OF THE NORTH STAR-·FIST OF THE NORTH STAR: HOKUTO NO KEN
Hokuto no Ken: FIST OF THE NORTH STAR
2026/04/11
Speech time
2h 58min
Word count17,031
Unique words
2,757
Unique kanji
928
Avg. sentence8.1
Speech speed
247
Difficulty Average
Episodes14
Rating
62 %
Genres
Action
Drama
Sci-Fi
Tags
Apocalypse
Martial Arts
Male Protagonist
Shounen
Gore
Nudity

Japanese study overview

Hokuto no Ken: FIST OF THE NORTH STAR is a Japanese anime of 39,539 characters, with 2,757 unique words and 928 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,757 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
10min
Word count1,018
Unique words
432
Unique kanji
219
Avg. sentence7.5
Speech speed
243
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
12min
Word count1,069
Unique words
433
Unique kanji
200
Avg. sentence7.5
Speech speed
231
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
12min
Word count1,221
Unique words
485
Unique kanji
263
Avg. sentence7.9
Speech speed
246
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
11min
Word count1,018
Unique words
386
Unique kanji
210
Avg. sentence7.2
Speech speed
223
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
10min
Word count873
Unique words
375
Unique kanji
206
Avg. sentence7.3
Speech speed
226
Difficulty Average

Episode 6

Speech time
12min
Word count1,357
Unique words
539
Unique kanji
262
Avg. sentence8.3
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
12min
Word count1,285
Unique words
516
Unique kanji
315
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
263
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
12min
Word count1,315
Unique words
504
Unique kanji
239
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
262
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
14min
Word count1,364
Unique words
557
Unique kanji
267
Avg. sentence7.9
Speech speed
244
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
14min
Word count1,277
Unique words
496
Unique kanji
279
Avg. sentence8.3
Speech speed
232
Difficulty Average

Episode 11

Speech time
12min
Word count1,336
Unique words
517
Unique kanji
263
Avg. sentence9.0
Speech speed
271
Difficulty Average

Episode 12

Speech time
13min
Word count1,374
Unique words
544
Unique kanji
294
Avg. sentence9.1
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Average

Episode 13

Speech time
14min
Word count1,305
Unique words
486
Unique kanji
258
Avg. sentence7.8
Speech speed
234
Difficulty Average

Episode 14

Speech time
12min
Word count1,219
Unique words
500
Unique kanji
286
Avg. sentence7.7
Speech speed
243
Difficulty Average

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Vocabulary highlights

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