The Boys

Drama·ザ・ボーイズ
The Boys
2019/07/25
Speech time
11h 18min
Word count73,536
Unique words
8,578
Unique kanji
1,661
Avg. sentence8.8
Speech speed
283
Difficulty Hard
Episodes24
Rating
84 %

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Genres
Action
Sci-Fi
Tags
Not Originally JP
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

The Boys is a Japanese drama of 170,823 characters, with 8,578 unique words and 1,661 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,578 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 count3,191
Unique words
1,143
Unique kanji
604
Avg. sentence9.5
Speech speed
275
Difficulty Hard

Episode 2

Speech time
28min
Word count3,196
Unique words
1,096
Unique kanji
605
Avg. sentence8.3
Speech speed
286
Difficulty Hard

Episode 3

Speech time
24min
Word count2,579
Unique words
966
Unique kanji
521
Avg. sentence8.0
Speech speed
269
Difficulty Hard

Episode 4

Speech time
23min
Word count2,442
Unique words
949
Unique kanji
512
Avg. sentence8.9
Speech speed
275
Difficulty Hard

Episode 5

Speech time
28min
Word count3,080
Unique words
1,027
Unique kanji
564
Avg. sentence8.6
Speech speed
279
Difficulty Hard

Episode 6

Speech time
32min
Word count3,586
Unique words
1,223
Unique kanji
645
Avg. sentence9.0
Speech speed
276
Difficulty Hard

Episode 7

Speech time
26min
Word count2,719
Unique words
966
Unique kanji
537
Avg. sentence8.1
Speech speed
270
Difficulty Hard

Episode 8

Speech time
27min
Word count2,792
Unique words
989
Unique kanji
533
Avg. sentence7.8
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Hard

Episode 9

Speech time
31min
Word count3,240
Unique words
1,117
Unique kanji
621
Avg. sentence8.6
Speech speed
273
Difficulty Hard

Episode 10

Speech time
24min
Word count2,407
Unique words
892
Unique kanji
495
Avg. sentence8.5
Speech speed
261
Difficulty Hard

Episode 11

Speech time
24min
Word count2,633
Unique words
943
Unique kanji
555
Avg. sentence8.2
Speech speed
277
Difficulty Hard

Episode 12

Speech time
33min
Word count3,477
Unique words
1,221
Unique kanji
643
Avg. sentence9.4
Speech speed
280
Difficulty Hard

Episode 13

Speech time
27min
Word count3,082
Unique words
1,045
Unique kanji
563
Avg. sentence8.7
Speech speed
278
Difficulty Hard

Episode 14

Speech time
25min
Word count2,709
Unique words
992
Unique kanji
535
Avg. sentence7.7
Speech speed
281
Difficulty Hard

Episode 15

Speech time
29min
Word count3,271
Unique words
1,144
Unique kanji
598
Avg. sentence8.7
Speech speed
289
Difficulty Hard

Episode 16

Speech time
31min
Word count3,327
Unique words
1,138
Unique kanji
600
Avg. sentence8.5
Speech speed
284
Difficulty Hard

Episode 17

Speech time
28min
Word count3,177
Unique words
1,214
Unique kanji
647
Avg. sentence9.0
Speech speed
297
Difficulty Hard

Episode 18

Speech time
29min
Word count3,386
Unique words
1,148
Unique kanji
620
Avg. sentence10.0
Speech speed
285
Difficulty Hard

Episode 19

Speech time
28min
Word count3,218
Unique words
1,136
Unique kanji
607
Avg. sentence9.4
Speech speed
292
Difficulty Hard

Episode 20

Speech time
26min
Word count2,978
Unique words
1,056
Unique kanji
579
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
288
Difficulty Hard

Episode 21

Speech time
30min
Word count3,488
Unique words
1,176
Unique kanji
611
Avg. sentence9.8
Speech speed
294
Difficulty Hard

Episode 22

Speech time
27min
Word count3,068
Unique words
1,047
Unique kanji
547
Avg. sentence9.0
Speech speed
299
Difficulty Hard

Episode 23

Speech time
30min
Word count3,583
Unique words
1,192
Unique kanji
588
Avg. sentence9.4
Speech speed
304
Difficulty Hard

Episode 24

Speech time
24min
Word count2,907
Unique words
973
Unique kanji
549
Avg. sentence9.9
Speech speed
310
Difficulty Hard

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