2011/10/03
Speech timeSpeech duration
7h 46minWord count38,997
Unique words · 1,753 once
3,852 Unique kanji · 211 once
1,022Avg. sentenceAverage sentence length9.4
Speech speed
220 Difficulty Average
Episodes42
RatingExternal Rating
82 %Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the 85th Asadora. It is based on the life of the fashion designer Ayako Koshino in Kishiwada, Osaka. Ayako was the mother of the internationally famous designers Hiroko Koshino, Junko Koshino, and Michiko Koshino.
Genres
Drama
Tags
Asadora
SourcesTMDB
Japanese study overview
Carnation is a Japanese drama of 92,523 characters, with 3,852 unique words and 1,022 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,852 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.
- 言うto say×207
- お父ちゃんdad×169
- お前you×162
- 今now×146
- 何what×131
- 糸thread×123
- 糸子Itoko×119
- 何でwhy?×108
- 洋服Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)×107
- 小原Ohara×104
- 作るto make×97
- 思うto think×95
- 奈津Natsu×53
- 洋裁(Western) dressmaking×53
- 心斎橋Shinsaibashi×44
- 勘助Kansuke×39
- 躯(dead) body×35
- 泰蔵Taizou×33
- パチ屋pachinko parlor×29
- 女学校girls' school×24