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 count13,969
Unique words
2,094
Unique kanji
754
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 33,332 characters, with 2,094 unique words and 754 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,094 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 count1,285
Unique words
547
Unique kanji
285
Speech speed
263
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
12min
Word count1,037
Unique words
440
Unique kanji
227
Speech speed
210
Difficulty Beginner

Episode 3

Speech time
14min
Word count1,241
Unique words
492
Unique kanji
283
Speech speed
223
Difficulty Easy

Episode 4

Speech time
13min
Word count1,187
Unique words
466
Unique kanji
248
Speech speed
229
Difficulty Easy

Episode 5

Speech time
11min
Word count1,049
Unique words
434
Unique kanji
224
Speech speed
233
Difficulty Easy

Episode 6

Speech time
12min
Word count943
Unique words
370
Unique kanji
202
Speech speed
199
Difficulty Easy

Episode 7

Speech time
15min
Word count1,483
Unique words
526
Unique kanji
272
Speech speed
251
Difficulty Beginner

Episode 8

Speech time
15min
Word count1,305
Unique words
444
Unique kanji
225
Speech speed
214
Difficulty Beginner

Episode 9

Speech time
16min
Word count1,439
Unique words
434
Unique kanji
239
Speech speed
218
Difficulty Easy

Episode 10

Speech time
16min
Word count1,303
Unique words
492
Unique kanji
283
Speech speed
207
Difficulty Easy

Episode 11

Speech time
12min
Word count968
Unique words
384
Unique kanji
218
Speech speed
197
Difficulty Easy

Episode 12

Speech time
9min
Word count729
Unique words
291
Unique kanji
156
Speech speed
196
Difficulty Beginner

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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 (2,094 words)