2025/07/04
Speech timeSpeech duration
40minWord count4,443
Unique words · 568 once
1,018 Unique kanji · 186 once
444Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length8.4
Speech speed
280 Difficulty Average
RatingExternal Rating
80 %In parched Nagasaki, grieving Koura drifts after losing his son. When his sister leaves her daughter in his care, an unexpected life together begins.
Japanese study overview
Natsu no Suna no Ue is a Japanese movie of 10,309 characters, with 1,018 unique words and 444 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,018 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Similar Media
xx% = content similarityNo similar media of this type.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 言うto say×28
- 思うto think×26
- 私I×21
- 優子Aiko×21
- お前you×20
- 川上upper reaches of a river×18
- 帰るto return×14
- 小浦Oura×14
- 今日today×12
- 仕事work×12
- 知るto know×11
- 買うto buy×11
- 持田Mochita×11
- 立山Tachiyama×11
- 明雄Akio×10
- 陣野Jinno×8
- 言いよるto court×7
- 胴上げtossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)×7
- 浦inlet×5
- 位牌Buddhist mortuary tablet×3