Youkame no Semi
Drama
八日目の蝉
2010/03/30
Speech duration
2h 39min
Word count13,385
Unique words2,323
Words (1-occurrence)1,221
Unique kanji874
Kanji (1-occurrence)267
Speech speed
217
Difficulty Average
Episodes6

Kiwako Nonomiya is devastated after Takehiro Akiyama, the married man she has been having an affair with, manipulates her into getting an abortion by promising to marry her and then refusing to divorce his wife. Kiwako then learns of Takehiro's wife's pregnancy. One morning, while Takehiro and his wife Etsuko are away, Kiwako sneaks into their home to get a look at their six-month-old child. Without a thought for the consequences, she carries the baby away. Kiwako then raises the child as her own, while being a fugitive from the law.

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Genres
Drama
Mystery
Subdecks
Episode 1
Speech duration
21min
Word count1,766
Unique words596
Words (1-occurrence)372
Unique kanji325
Kanji (1-occurrence)162
Speech speed
214
Difficulty Average
Episode 2
Speech duration
25min
Word count2,081
Unique words688
Words (1-occurrence)409
Unique kanji380
Kanji (1-occurrence)187
Speech speed
215
Difficulty Hard
Episode 3
Speech duration
29min
Word count2,614
Unique words855
Words (1-occurrence)518
Unique kanji437
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Speech speed
233
Difficulty Hard
Episode 4
Speech duration
29min
Word count2,509
Unique words804
Words (1-occurrence)485
Unique kanji437
Kanji (1-occurrence)197
Speech speed
219
Difficulty Hard
Episode 5
Speech duration
29min
Word count2,517
Unique words749
Words (1-occurrence)457
Unique kanji369
Kanji (1-occurrence)181
Speech speed
222
Difficulty Average
Episode 6
Speech duration
24min
Word count1,898
Unique words652
Words (1-occurrence)399
Unique kanji359
Kanji (1-occurrence)161
Speech speed
199
Difficulty Average