Katanagatari

Anime·刀語
Katanagatari
2010/01/26
Speech time
6h 21min
Word count54,325
Unique words
6,316
Unique kanji
1,490
Avg. sentence13.3
Speech speed
378
Difficulty Hard
Episodes12
Rating
81 %

Yasuri Shichika, seventh successor of the Kyotouryuu (bladeless) sword art, lives on an isolated island with his older sister, Nanami. One day Shichika is visited by a woman named Togame, who requests his aid in her quest to find and collect the final twelve swords forged by the legendary master swordsmith, Shikizaki Kiki. Shichika and Togame begin their odyssey by leaving the island he called home for over 20 years. They will face twelve individuals who possess and protect Shikizaki's legendary swords. Join Shichika and Togame on an exciting, epic adventure that defies reality as they discover the true potential of the Kyoutoryuu sword style! (Source: NIS America)

Genres
Action
Adventure
Romance
Tags
Swords
Martial Arts
Historical
Samurai
Travel
Gore
Male Protagonist
Philosophy
Ninja
Female Protagonist
Metafiction
Episodic
Tsundere
Coming of Age
Adult Cast
Countryside
Slapstick
Nudity
Urban
Miko
Desert

Japanese study overview

Katanagatari is a Japanese anime of 120,628 characters, with 6,316 unique words and 1,490 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,316 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
33min
Word count5,132
Unique words
1,366
Unique kanji
671
Avg. sentence14.0
Speech speed
395
Difficulty Hard

Episode 2

Speech time
34min
Word count5,085
Unique words
1,419
Unique kanji
652
Avg. sentence14.5
Speech speed
379
Difficulty Hard

Episode 3

Speech time
29min
Word count4,128
Unique words
1,130
Unique kanji
599
Avg. sentence12.9
Speech speed
366
Difficulty Hard

Episode 4

Speech time
34min
Word count5,140
Unique words
1,440
Unique kanji
664
Avg. sentence14.1
Speech speed
400
Difficulty Hard

Episode 5

Speech time
34min
Word count5,131
Unique words
1,428
Unique kanji
709
Avg. sentence12.8
Speech speed
395
Difficulty Hard

Episode 6

Speech time
32min
Word count4,864
Unique words
1,350
Unique kanji
657
Avg. sentence12.7
Speech speed
399
Difficulty Hard

Episode 7

Speech time
29min
Word count3,761
Unique words
1,100
Unique kanji
539
Avg. sentence13.3
Speech speed
355
Difficulty Hard

Episode 8

Speech time
30min
Word count4,185
Unique words
1,186
Unique kanji
611
Avg. sentence12.1
Speech speed
362
Difficulty Hard

Episode 9

Speech time
32min
Word count4,617
Unique words
1,286
Unique kanji
621
Avg. sentence13.0
Speech speed
378
Difficulty Hard

Episode 10

Speech time
27min
Word count4,098
Unique words
1,082
Unique kanji
533
Avg. sentence13.3
Speech speed
388
Difficulty Hard

Episode 11

Speech time
32min
Word count4,682
Unique words
1,284
Unique kanji
631
Avg. sentence12.9
Speech speed
378
Difficulty Hard

Episode 12

Speech time
28min
Word count3,502
Unique words
1,037
Unique kanji
519
Avg. sentence14.1
Speech speed
331
Difficulty Hard

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Vocabulary highlights

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