2010/09/30
Speech timeSpeech duration
34minWord count4,487
Unique words · 658 once
1,103 Unique kanji · 191 once
505Speech speed
356 Difficulty Average
RatingExternal Rating
63 %Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
Genres
Drama
Romance
Japanese study overview
Norwegian Wood is a Japanese movie of 10,861 characters, with 1,103 unique words and 505 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,103 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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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.
- 私I×87
- 僕I×39
- 思うto think×33
- 君Mr×29
- 会うto meet×20
- 今now×20
- 好きliking×20
- 人person×19
- 直子Chikako×17
- 言うto say×16
- 寝るto sleep (lying down)×15
- 俺I×15
- 永沢Eizawa×13
- 安保security (e.g. national security)×3
- 彼女she×15
- 愛するto love×13
- 話すto talk×11
- 待つto wait×11
- 君you×10
- 死ぬto die×9