Nekokare: Shounen wo Kau

Drama·猫カレ -少年を飼う-·Taking in a Stray
Nekokare: Shounen wo Kau
2023/10/08
Speech time
2h 43min
Word count13,723
Unique words
2,043
Unique kanji
741
Avg. sentence9.7
Speech speed
221
Difficulty Easy
Episodes12

Ai Morikawa is a hard-working career woman at her job in Tokyo. After a long night at work, she returned home on the last train to find a handsome boy at her door. The 16-year old Nagisa is her sister's stepson, suddenly sent to live with Ai when his parents left for an overseas job. Wary like cats, these two loners 10 years apart in age will have to make a new life together.

Genres
Drama
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Nekokare: Shounen wo Kau is a Japanese drama of 32,700 characters, with 2,043 unique words and 741 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,043 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
12min
Word count1,259
Unique words
531
Unique kanji
272
Avg. sentence11.3
Speech speed
263
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
12min
Word count1,019
Unique words
428
Unique kanji
218
Avg. sentence8.8
Speech speed
210
Difficulty Easy

Episode 3

Speech time
14min
Word count1,204
Unique words
483
Unique kanji
276
Avg. sentence9.6
Speech speed
223
Difficulty Easy

Episode 4

Speech time
13min
Word count1,151
Unique words
450
Unique kanji
237
Avg. sentence10.5
Speech speed
229
Difficulty Easy

Episode 5

Speech time
11min
Word count1,039
Unique words
424
Unique kanji
216
Avg. sentence10.0
Speech speed
233
Difficulty Easy

Episode 6

Speech time
12min
Word count939
Unique words
364
Unique kanji
192
Avg. sentence8.9
Speech speed
199
Difficulty Easy

Episode 7

Speech time
15min
Word count1,444
Unique words
516
Unique kanji
264
Avg. sentence9.2
Speech speed
251
Difficulty Beginner

Episode 8

Speech time
15min
Word count1,279
Unique words
434
Unique kanji
221
Avg. sentence9.0
Speech speed
214
Difficulty Beginner

Episode 9

Speech time
16min
Word count1,409
Unique words
419
Unique kanji
232
Avg. sentence11.2
Speech speed
218
Difficulty Easy

Episode 10

Speech time
16min
Word count1,292
Unique words
492
Unique kanji
282
Avg. sentence10.4
Speech speed
207
Difficulty Easy

Episode 11

Speech time
12min
Word count958
Unique words
376
Unique kanji
210
Avg. sentence8.3
Speech speed
197
Difficulty Easy

Episode 12

Speech time
9min
Word count730
Unique words
288
Unique kanji
148
Avg. sentence9.7
Speech speed
196
Difficulty Beginner

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Vocabulary highlights

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