Heike Monogatari

Anime·平家物語·The Heike Story
Heike Monogatari
2021/09/16
Speech time
2h 28min
Word count15,584
Unique words
2,943
Unique kanji
1,066
Speech speed
279
Difficulty Hard
Episodes11
Rating
77 %

A young orphan named Biwa is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan—also known as the Heike—after their leader witnesses her extraordinary psychic abilities. Unfortunately, what she predicts is a future of bloodshed, violence, and civil war. Inspired by the 12th-century epic tale Heike Monogatari. (Source: Funimation)

Genres
Drama
Supernatural
Tags
Writing
Politics
War
Historical
Philosophy
Religion
Military
Samurai
Female Protagonist
Orphan
Archery
Time Skip
Tomboy
Adoption
Ships
Transgender

Japanese study overview

Heike Monogatari is a Japanese anime of 34,618 characters, with 2,943 unique words and 1,066 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,943 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
12min
Word count1,165
Unique words
498
Unique kanji
289
Speech speed
247
Difficulty Hard

Episode 2

Speech time
13min
Word count1,384
Unique words
576
Unique kanji
325
Speech speed
281
Difficulty Hard

Episode 3

Speech time
14min
Word count1,586
Unique words
605
Unique kanji
336
Speech speed
287
Difficulty Hard

Episode 4

Speech time
14min
Word count1,402
Unique words
568
Unique kanji
320
Speech speed
256
Difficulty Hard

Episode 5

Speech time
14min
Word count1,625
Unique words
679
Unique kanji
407
Speech speed
306
Difficulty Hard

Episode 6

Speech time
14min
Word count1,697
Unique words
669
Unique kanji
376
Speech speed
320
Difficulty Hard

Episode 7

Speech time
13min
Word count1,467
Unique words
588
Unique kanji
357
Speech speed
283
Difficulty Hard

Episode 8

Speech time
14min
Word count1,512
Unique words
577
Unique kanji
334
Speech speed
279
Difficulty Hard

Episode 9

Speech time
13min
Word count1,383
Unique words
526
Unique kanji
309
Speech speed
272
Difficulty Hard

Episode 10

Speech time
12min
Word count1,319
Unique words
508
Unique kanji
291
Speech speed
290
Difficulty Hard

Episode 11

Speech time
11min
Word count1,044
Unique words
444
Unique kanji
253
Speech speed
235
Difficulty Hard

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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 (2,943 words)