1997/05/12
Speech timeSpeech duration
1h 3minWord count5,962
Unique words · 914 once
1,533 Unique kanji · 268 once
705Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length10.8
Speech 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 14,205 characters, with 1,533 unique words and 705 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,533 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 言うto say×34
- 俺I×34
- 私I×28
- 思うto think×27
- 山下Sanka×27
- 桂子Kako×23
- お前you×21
- 帰るto return×19
- お母さんmother×17
- 女woman×16
- 知るto know×16
- 今now×15
- 堂島Dōshima×13
- 床屋barbershop×10
- 昌樹Atsuki×6
- 仮出所release on bail×5
- 高田Kōda×5
- 服部Abe×5
- 秋田Akita (city, prefecture)×5
- 委任状commission×5