1968/12/24
CharactersCharacter count170,265
Word count71,150
Unique words · 5,388 once
10,180 Unique kanji · 340 once
1,997Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length45.6
Difficulty Expert
Dialogue3.9%
Duration
12 hRatingExternal Rating
44 %いったいその顔は、誰の顔なのか――。 世界各国語に翻訳された、ノーベル文学賞に最も近かった作家の代表作。 液体空気の爆発で受けた顔一面の蛭のようなケロイド瘢痕によって自分の顔を喪失してしまった男……失われた妻の愛をとりもどすために“他人の顔"をプラスチック製の仮面に仕立てて、妻を誘惑する男の自己回復のあがき……。 特異な着想の中に執拗なまでに精緻な科学的記載をも交えて、“顔"というものに関わって生きている人間という存在の不安定さ、あいまいさを描く長編。解説:大江健三郎。
Japanese study overview
Tanin no Kao is a Japanese novel of 170,265 characters, with 10,180 unique words and 1,997 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 10,180 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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- 仮面mask×501
- 顔face×401
- 思うto think×198
- 自分myself×168
- 言うto say×108
- 他人another person×98
- 出来るto be able to do×92
- 表情facial expression×89
- 考えるto think (about, of)×84
- 人間human being×77
- 娘daughter×74
- 的-ical×71
- 繃帯bandage×62
- 蛭leech×46
- 朝鮮人Korean person (esp. North Korean)×24
- 仮面をかぶるto wear a mask×21
- 規準standard×19
- 追記PS×18
- 繰返すto repeat×17
- 引返すto turn back×17