Ru: Taiwan Express

Drama·路(ルウ)~台湾エクスプレス~
Ru: Taiwan Express
2020/05/16
Speech time
2h 23min
Word count10,550
Unique words
1,319
Unique kanji
582
Speech speed
198
Difficulty Average
Episodes7

In 1999, a general trading company in Tokyo celebrates because Shinkansen of Japan wins priority negotiating rights for the Taiwan High Speed Rail. Haruka Tada (Haru) has been working at the general trading company for 4 years and she is sent to Taiwan for work. When Haruka Tada was a university student, she visited Taiwan for the first time during the summer. During that time, she happened to meet young Taiwanese man Eric and he showed her Taiwan for a day. She lost contact with him after that and she could not find him again. She then sealed away her thoughts about him in her mind. 6 years later, Haruka Tada arrives in Taiwan again.

Genres
Drama
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Ru: Taiwan Express is a Japanese drama of 24,575 characters, with 1,319 unique words and 582 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,319 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
19min
Word count1,650
Unique words
602
Unique kanji
333
Speech speed
229
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
22min
Word count1,657
Unique words
568
Unique kanji
306
Speech speed
199
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
19min
Word count1,309
Unique words
481
Unique kanji
266
Speech speed
173
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
13min
Word count990
Unique words
408
Unique kanji
248
Speech speed
196
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
30min
Word count2,427
Unique words
788
Unique kanji
418
Speech speed
215
Difficulty Average

Episode 6

Speech time
19min
Word count1,178
Unique words
435
Unique kanji
235
Speech speed
165
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
18min
Word count1,339
Unique words
524
Unique kanji
283
Speech speed
198
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 (1,319 words)