1966/01/01
CharactersCharacter count137,241
Word count63,521
Unique words · 3,742 once
7,592 Unique kanji · 408 once
1,998Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length30.3
Difficulty Expert
Dialogue14.4%
Duration
10 hRatingExternal Rating
58 %「転びキリシタン」もまた、「神の子」なのか? カトリック作家が描く、キリスト教文学の最高峰。 島原の乱が鎮圧されて間もないころ、キリシタン禁制の厳しい日本に潜入したポルトガル人司祭ロドリゴは、日本人信徒たちに加えられる残忍な拷問と悲惨な殉教のうめき声に接して苦悩し、ついに背教の淵に立たされる……。 神の存在、背教の心理、西洋と日本の思想的断絶など、キリスト信仰の根源的な問題を衝き、〈神の沈黙〉という永遠の主題に切実な問いを投げかける長編。
Japanese study overview
Chinmoku is a Japanese novel of 137,241 characters, with 7,592 unique words and 1,998 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,592 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
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- 司祭priest×410
- 彼he×328
- 私I×328
- 自分myself×300
- 顔face×194
- 男man×169
- 時time×169
- 信徒layman×164
- 中inside×160
- 言うto say×157
- 彼等they×145
- 我々we×145
- 通辞interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period)×101
- 切支丹Christianity (in feudal Japan)×74
- 百姓farmer×73
- 部落hamlet×71
- 基督Christ×63
- 奉行magistrate×61
- 聞えるto be heard×54
- 宣教師missionary×44