Starman: Kono Hoshi no Koi

Drama·スターマン・この星の恋·Starman: A Love Story
Starman: Kono Hoshi no Koi
2013/07/09
Speech time
5h 5min
Word count24,892
Unique words
2,782
Unique kanji
846
Avg. sentence7.6
Speech speed
211
Difficulty Average
Episodes10
Rating
65 %

Sawako (Ryoko Hirosue) was dumped by her husband and since then she has raised her three sons alone. One day, she happens to meet a young man (Sota Fukushi) who is dying. She falls in love with him at first sight. The young man also suffers from memory loss. Sawako names him Hoshio. Taking advantage of his memory loss, she decides to make him live with her and as the father of her three sons. Now, Sawako, her three sons, her grandmother and Hoshio all live together. Sawako hopes Hoshio never regains his memory. Hoshio also begins to develop feelings for her. Whenever Sawako has troubles, Hoshio helps her out with his mysterious ability. Hoshio's past is also a mysterious. A mystery that is finally revealed.

Genres
Drama
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Starman: Kono Hoshi no Koi is a Japanese drama of 60,185 characters, with 2,782 unique words and 846 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,782 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
29min
Word count2,235
Unique words
741
Unique kanji
287
Avg. sentence6.7
Speech speed
201
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
28min
Word count2,369
Unique words
709
Unique kanji
296
Avg. sentence7.8
Speech speed
205
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
28min
Word count2,458
Unique words
685
Unique kanji
290
Avg. sentence8.1
Speech speed
220
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
28min
Word count2,288
Unique words
673
Unique kanji
275
Avg. sentence7.0
Speech speed
200
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
29min
Word count2,419
Unique words
635
Unique kanji
259
Avg. sentence7.2
Speech speed
198
Difficulty Average

Episode 6

Speech time
31min
Word count2,511
Unique words
677
Unique kanji
278
Avg. sentence7.7
Speech speed
208
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
33min
Word count2,717
Unique words
767
Unique kanji
347
Avg. sentence8.0
Speech speed
222
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
33min
Word count2,764
Unique words
768
Unique kanji
356
Avg. sentence8.3
Speech speed
213
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
31min
Word count2,796
Unique words
770
Unique kanji
343
Avg. sentence8.6
Speech speed
233
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
30min
Word count2,335
Unique words
730
Unique kanji
310
Avg. sentence6.9
Speech speed
204
Difficulty Average

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