Fune wo Amu
Anime
舟を編む
2016/10/14
Character count37,590
Word count16,359
Unique words2,874
Words (1-occurrence)1,567
Unique kanji1,018
Kanji (1-occurrence)280
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episodes11
External Rating
75 %

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
Adult Cast
Work
Writing
Male Protagonist
Philosophy
Coming of Age
Educational
Office Lady
Office
Metafiction
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count3,717
Word count1,652
Unique words636
Words (1-occurrence)411
Unique kanji373
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count3,983
Word count1,798
Unique words656
Words (1-occurrence)425
Unique kanji384
Kanji (1-occurrence)198
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count3,518
Word count1,574
Unique words582
Words (1-occurrence)363
Unique kanji325
Kanji (1-occurrence)172
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count3,368
Word count1,506
Unique words568
Words (1-occurrence)359
Unique kanji314
Kanji (1-occurrence)144
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count3,431
Word count1,482
Unique words575
Words (1-occurrence)365
Unique kanji304
Kanji (1-occurrence)169
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count2,561
Word count1,097
Unique words450
Words (1-occurrence)284
Unique kanji271
Kanji (1-occurrence)152
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 7
Character count3,660
Word count1,566
Unique words592
Words (1-occurrence)388
Unique kanji341
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 8
Character count3,941
Word count1,666
Unique words560
Words (1-occurrence)333
Unique kanji310
Kanji (1-occurrence)155
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 9
Character count3,045
Word count1,292
Unique words530
Words (1-occurrence)352
Unique kanji297
Kanji (1-occurrence)172
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 10
Character count2,762
Word count1,140
Unique words492
Words (1-occurrence)333
Unique kanji266
Kanji (1-occurrence)140
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 11
Character count3,604
Word count1,586
Unique words641
Words (1-occurrence)426
Unique kanji368
Kanji (1-occurrence)185
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary