Hiyokko
Drama
ひよっこ 2017/04/03
Character count346,074
Word count149,114
Unique words7,188
Unique words used once3,217
Unique kanji1,595
Unique kanji used once260
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episodes160

The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely changes when her father does not come back for the New Year. Mineko asks her family to let her go to Tokyo to find him and promises to send money home. In the autumn of 1964, she and two childhood friends Tokiko and Mitsuo are hired to start working at a small factory in Tokyo’s working class neighborhood. After work each day, Mineko searches for her father and gets disheartened at times. Mineko overcomes challenges and starts to lay down roots in Tokyo as she experiences many meetings and farewells amid the laughter and tears with regulars, people of the shopping street, friends, and colleagues. But will she be able to find her father?

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Episode 1
Character count1,930
Word count788
Unique words389
Unique words used once269
Unique kanji230
Unique kanji used once145
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 2
Character count2,265
Word count982
Unique words375
Unique words used once231
Unique kanji214
Unique kanji used once115
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 3
Character count2,286
Word count968
Unique words419
Unique words used once275
Unique kanji211
Unique kanji used once118
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 4
Character count2,052
Word count853
Unique words355
Unique words used once216
Unique kanji181
Unique kanji used once117
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 5
Character count1,978
Word count891
Unique words383
Unique words used once237
Unique kanji188
Unique kanji used once119
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 6
Character count1,955
Word count862
Unique words413
Unique words used once269
Unique kanji228
Unique kanji used once135
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 7
Character count2,175
Word count920
Unique words426
Unique words used once271
Unique kanji229
Unique kanji used once128
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 8
Character count2,591
Word count1,170
Unique words445
Unique words used once278
Unique kanji257
Unique kanji used once137
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 9
Character count2,460
Word count1,052
Unique words438
Unique words used once272
Unique kanji227
Unique kanji used once137
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 10
Character count1,991
Word count903
Unique words371
Unique words used once227
Unique kanji200
Unique kanji used once109
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 11
Character count1,809
Word count805
Unique words368
Unique words used once245
Unique kanji200
Unique kanji used once127
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 12
Character count1,988
Word count792
Unique words390
Unique words used once261
Unique kanji230
Unique kanji used once143
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 13
Character count1,854
Word count759
Unique words345
Unique words used once229
Unique kanji196
Unique kanji used once119
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 14
Character count2,559
Word count1,134
Unique words439
Unique words used once274
Unique kanji233
Unique kanji used once140
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 15
Character count1,655
Word count701
Unique words301
Unique words used once194
Unique kanji181
Unique kanji used once99
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 16
Character count2,410
Word count1,104
Unique words435
Unique words used once275
Unique kanji248
Unique kanji used once136
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 17
Character count2,035
Word count858
Unique words378
Unique words used once246
Unique kanji219
Unique kanji used once135
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 18
Character count1,858
Word count838
Unique words342
Unique words used once219
Unique kanji188
Unique kanji used once123
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 19
Character count1,721
Word count713
Unique words305
Unique words used once185
Unique kanji191
Unique kanji used once118
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 20
Character count2,434
Word count1,057
Unique words421
Unique words used once269
Unique kanji220
Unique kanji used once131
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 21
Character count1,948
Word count800
Unique words340
Unique words used once214
Unique kanji182
Unique kanji used once106
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 22
Character count2,153
Word count917
Unique words359
Unique words used once202
Unique kanji165
Unique kanji used once83
Difficulty beta Beginner
Episode 23
Character count1,534
Word count631
Unique words303
Unique words used once204
Unique kanji161
Unique kanji used once100
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 24
Character count2,261
Word count913
Unique words393
Unique words used once250
Unique kanji248
Unique kanji used once136
Difficulty beta Easy
Episode 25
Character count2,155
Word count917
Unique words441
Unique words used once307
Unique kanji272
Unique kanji used once146
Difficulty beta Easy