1951/06/11
Speech timeSpeech duration
59minWord count5,765
Unique words · 740 once
1,290 Unique kanji · 241 once
580Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length11.6
Speech speed
254 Difficulty Hard
RatingExternal Rating
55 %Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.
Genres
Drama
Japanese study overview
Genji Monogatari is a Japanese movie of 13,063 characters, with 1,290 unique words and 580 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,290 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.
- 私I×99
- 様Mr×65
- 君you×39
- 藤壺Fujitsubo×38
- 光light×37
- 人person×31
- 女woman×22
- あなた様you (singular)×21
- 葵mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae)×21
- 思うto think×20
- 御門emperor (of Japan)×19
- 言うto say×16
- み子Son of God×13
- 淡路Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)×13
- 女御court lady×9
- 徴sign×9
- 殿様nobleman×9
- 桐壺court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)×8
- 弘いspacious×8
- 良成Yoshishige×8