2016/01/15
CharactersCharacter count64,523
Word count25,889
Unique words · 2,414 once
4,600 Unique kanji · 268 once
1,149Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length24.6
Difficulty Average
Dialogue17.6%
Duration
5 hRatingExternal Rating
40 %団地に住むショウタと親友トモヤ。部屋に籠もって本ばかり読んでいるトモヤの奇妙なつくり話が、ショウタの目の前で現実のものとなる。残酷な“子どもの王様”が現れたのだ。怯える親友を守るため、ショウタがとった行動とは？ つくり話の真相とは？ 『ハサミ男』の殊能将之が遺した傑作をついに文庫化！
Japanese study overview
Kodomo no Ousama is a Japanese novel of 64,523 characters, with 4,600 unique words and 1,149 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,600 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.
- 子どもchild×139
- 王様king×111
- 団地multi-unit apartments×104
- 号館suffix for building numbers×91
- 顔face×77
- 母親mother×73
- 声voice×52
- 部屋room×47
- 扉door×46
- 頭head×39
- 出るto leave×38
- 思うto think×37
- 自治会neighborhood council×20
- 案内図guide map×11
- 坐るto sit (down)×11
- 茶の間(Japanese-style) living room×11
- 着がえるto change (one's clothes)×11
- 神鳥Kamitori×11
- 心のなかinside one's heart×10
- 半ズボンshorts×9