1997/05/12
Speech timeSpeech duration
1h 3minWord count6,401
Unique words · 942 once
1,614 Unique kanji · 275 once
743Speech speed
246 Difficulty Average
RatingExternal Rating
69 %A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
Genres
Drama
Japanese study overview
Unagi is a Japanese movie of 15,371 characters, with 1,614 unique words and 743 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,614 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.
- 音sound×42
- 高田Kōda×38
- 堂島Dōshima×38
- 言うto say×34
- 俺I×34
- 祐司Hiroshi×30
- 山下Sanka×28
- 私I×28
- 思うto think×27
- 男性man×27
- 桂子Kako×27
- 中島Nakashima×24
- 恵美子Imiko×15
- 昌樹Atsuki×14
- 郷countryside×12
- 美佐子Masako×11
- 中島island in a pond or river×10
- 床屋barbershop×10
- 服部Abe×7
- 刑務官prison officer×6