Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai

Anime·ひぐらしのなく頃に解·When They Cry Kai
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
2007/07/06
Speech time
6h 32min
Word count50,757
Unique words
6,209
Unique kanji
1,438
Speech speed
318
Difficulty Average
Episodes24
Rating
80 %

Continuing from the first series, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai begins to shed some light on the dark mysteries prevalent in the preceding season. The young group of friends in the town of Hinamizawa continue to enter terrible conflicts with one another in their never ending summer of 1983, often ending with the brutal murder of one of their numbers. Furude Rika, with the help of her spiritual friend Hanyuu, tackles challenges over and over, trying her best to keep their lives from coming to a tragic end. With no end to the torture in sight, Rika must call upon the bonds of friendship and trust among her friends to discover the true villain of this eternal June.

Japanese study overview

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai is a Japanese anime of 119,365 characters, with 6,209 unique words and 1,438 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,209 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
16min
Word count2,173
Unique words
705
Unique kanji
444
Speech speed
331
Difficulty Hard

Episode 2

Speech time
17min
Word count2,190
Unique words
769
Unique kanji
406
Speech speed
298
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
15min
Word count1,896
Unique words
710
Unique kanji
378
Speech speed
303
Difficulty Hard

Episode 4

Speech time
15min
Word count1,778
Unique words
632
Unique kanji
313
Speech speed
285
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
11min
Word count1,299
Unique words
475
Unique kanji
284
Speech speed
280
Difficulty Hard

Episode 6

Speech time
17min
Word count2,393
Unique words
759
Unique kanji
416
Speech speed
321
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
17min
Word count2,152
Unique words
720
Unique kanji
427
Speech speed
307
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
16min
Word count2,207
Unique words
710
Unique kanji
403
Speech speed
339
Difficulty Hard

Episode 9

Speech time
17min
Word count2,568
Unique words
803
Unique kanji
430
Speech speed
350
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
17min
Word count3,034
Unique words
837
Unique kanji
444
Speech speed
368
Difficulty Hard

Episode 11

Speech time
17min
Word count2,178
Unique words
752
Unique kanji
436
Speech speed
317
Difficulty Hard

Episode 12

Speech time
17min
Word count2,492
Unique words
731
Unique kanji
446
Speech speed
352
Difficulty Hard

Episode 13

Speech time
15min
Word count1,856
Unique words
684
Unique kanji
383
Speech speed
299
Difficulty Hard

Episode 14

Speech time
14min
Word count1,833
Unique words
645
Unique kanji
410
Speech speed
293
Difficulty Average

Episode 15

Speech time
14min
Word count1,905
Unique words
667
Unique kanji
415
Speech speed
287
Difficulty Average

Episode 16

Speech time
17min
Word count2,119
Unique words
800
Unique kanji
451
Speech speed
305
Difficulty Hard

Episode 17

Speech time
17min
Word count2,162
Unique words
806
Unique kanji
521
Speech speed
335
Difficulty Hard

Episode 18

Speech time
16min
Word count1,933
Unique words
667
Unique kanji
369
Speech speed
303
Difficulty Average

Episode 19

Speech time
17min
Word count2,185
Unique words
787
Unique kanji
465
Speech speed
321
Difficulty Average

Episode 20

Speech time
17min
Word count2,315
Unique words
819
Unique kanji
483
Speech speed
337
Difficulty Hard

Episode 21

Speech time
16min
Word count2,210
Unique words
832
Unique kanji
479
Speech speed
344
Difficulty Hard

Episode 22

Speech time
15min
Word count1,972
Unique words
736
Unique kanji
426
Speech speed
321
Difficulty Hard

Episode 23

Speech time
15min
Word count1,959
Unique words
745
Unique kanji
461
Speech speed
318
Difficulty Hard

Episode 24

Speech time
16min
Word count1,948
Unique words
679
Unique kanji
416
Speech speed
288
Difficulty Average

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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.

See the full vocabulary list (6,209 words)