Katagoshi no Koibito

Drama·肩ごしの恋人·Over the Shoulder Lover
Katagoshi no Koibito
2007/07/05
Speech time
4h 33min
Word count26,891
Unique words
3,500
Unique kanji
994
Speech speed
279
Difficulty Easy
Episodes9
Rating
80 %

This is the dramatized version of the Naoki Award-winning novel by author, Kei Yuikawa. Moe Hayasaka is an office worker in an import service company who cannot devote herself in romance. On the other hand, Moe’s close friend, Ruriko Murono, who snatches Moe’s boy friend away to marry him for her third time, is interested in nothing but romantic affairs. Through their love and friendship, this drama portrays women in their 30s being rocked by marriage, divorce, infidelity, and work.

Genres
Comedy
Drama
Romance
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Katagoshi no Koibito is a Japanese drama of 66,589 characters, with 3,500 unique words and 994 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,500 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
30min
Word count2,990
Unique words
961
Unique kanji
440
Speech speed
279
Difficulty Easy

Episode 2

Speech time
32min
Word count3,432
Unique words
1,059
Unique kanji
473
Speech speed
302
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
31min
Word count3,204
Unique words
981
Unique kanji
461
Speech speed
290
Difficulty Easy

Episode 4

Speech time
30min
Word count3,175
Unique words
956
Unique kanji
442
Speech speed
290
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
30min
Word count2,862
Unique words
881
Unique kanji
391
Speech speed
266
Difficulty Easy

Episode 6

Speech time
29min
Word count2,749
Unique words
824
Unique kanji
376
Speech speed
261
Difficulty Easy

Episode 7

Speech time
32min
Word count3,174
Unique words
896
Unique kanji
434
Speech speed
278
Difficulty Easy

Episode 8

Speech time
27min
Word count2,497
Unique words
762
Unique kanji
351
Speech speed
262
Difficulty Easy

Episode 9

Speech time
29min
Word count2,808
Unique words
789
Unique kanji
357
Speech speed
274
Difficulty Easy

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Vocabulary highlights

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