Bitter Sugar

Drama·ビターシュガー
Bitter Sugar
2011/10/18
Speech time
3h 19min
Word count16,920
Unique words
2,627
Unique kanji
899
Avg. sentence10.6
Speech speed
231
Difficulty Average
Episodes10

The story portrays three women around the age of 40 whose friendship is damaged in an incident, leading them to tell each other how they truly feel. --Tokyograph

Genres
Drama
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Bitter Sugar is a Japanese drama of 40,189 characters, with 2,627 unique words and 899 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,627 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
20min
Word count1,923
Unique words
661
Unique kanji
364
Avg. sentence10.8
Speech speed
251
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
21min
Word count1,924
Unique words
672
Unique kanji
366
Avg. sentence10.7
Speech speed
245
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
18min
Word count1,318
Unique words
539
Unique kanji
307
Avg. sentence9.6
Speech speed
202
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
20min
Word count1,806
Unique words
614
Unique kanji
331
Avg. sentence10.5
Speech speed
239
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
19min
Word count1,552
Unique words
593
Unique kanji
327
Avg. sentence9.9
Speech speed
214
Difficulty Average

Episode 6

Speech time
21min
Word count1,902
Unique words
698
Unique kanji
372
Avg. sentence11.0
Speech speed
245
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
18min
Word count1,442
Unique words
572
Unique kanji
309
Avg. sentence10.6
Speech speed
214
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
19min
Word count1,630
Unique words
619
Unique kanji
340
Avg. sentence9.6
Speech speed
227
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
22min
Word count1,962
Unique words
656
Unique kanji
352
Avg. sentence11.4
Speech speed
239
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
18min
Word count1,461
Unique words
557
Unique kanji
317
Avg. sentence11.9
Speech speed
224
Difficulty Average

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Vocabulary highlights

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