Fune wo Amu
Anime
舟を編む
2016/10/14
Speech duration
2h 36min
Word count15,608
Unique words2,969
Words (1-occurrence)1,621
Unique kanji1,020
Kanji (1-occurrence)277
Speech speed
279
Difficulty Average
Episodes11
External Rating
74 %

The series follows the employees at the Genbu Shobou publishing company. Araki, who is a veteran editor for the dictionary department, is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya — a salesman who's a poor talker — meets Masashi Nishioka — Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The story follows "the awkward humans" Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai). (Source: Anime News Network)

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Genres
Drama
Romance
Slice of Life
Tags
Writing
Adult Cast
Work
Male Protagonist
Philosophy
Coming of Age
Office Lady
Josei
Educational
Office
Metafiction
Subdecks
Episode 1
Speech duration
14min
Word count1,575
Unique words642
Words (1-occurrence)421
Unique kanji373
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Speech speed
303
Difficulty Hard
Episode 2
Speech duration
15min
Word count1,721
Unique words663
Words (1-occurrence)446
Unique kanji384
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Speech speed
306
Difficulty Average
Episode 3
Speech duration
14min
Word count1,438
Unique words589
Words (1-occurrence)389
Unique kanji325
Kanji (1-occurrence)172
Speech speed
269
Difficulty Average
Episode 4
Speech duration
14min
Word count1,420
Unique words570
Words (1-occurrence)367
Unique kanji314
Kanji (1-occurrence)144
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Average
Episode 5
Speech duration
13min
Word count1,437
Unique words576
Words (1-occurrence)374
Unique kanji304
Kanji (1-occurrence)169
Speech speed
284
Difficulty Hard
Episode 6
Speech duration
12min
Word count1,044
Unique words445
Words (1-occurrence)288
Unique kanji271
Kanji (1-occurrence)152
Speech speed
242
Difficulty Easy
Episode 7
Speech duration
14min
Word count1,507
Unique words595
Words (1-occurrence)395
Unique kanji341
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Speech speed
296
Difficulty Hard
Episode 8
Speech duration
16min
Word count1,622
Unique words577
Words (1-occurrence)360
Unique kanji310
Kanji (1-occurrence)155
Speech speed
280
Difficulty Easy
Episode 9
Speech duration
12min
Word count1,252
Unique words542
Words (1-occurrence)377
Unique kanji297
Kanji (1-occurrence)172
Speech speed
270
Difficulty Average
Episode 10
Speech duration
12min
Word count1,068
Unique words493
Words (1-occurrence)337
Unique kanji266
Kanji (1-occurrence)140
Speech speed
262
Difficulty Average
Episode 11
Speech duration
14min
Word count1,524
Unique words635
Words (1-occurrence)431
Unique kanji368
Kanji (1-occurrence)185
Speech speed
287
Difficulty Expert