Boku no Imouto

Drama·ぼくの妹·My Younger Sister
Boku no Imouto
2009/04/19
Speech time
4h 55min
Word count28,607
Unique words
3,883
Unique kanji
1,144
Avg. sentence11.5
Speech speed
266
Difficulty Average
Episodes11

Egami Mei is a genius surgeon, but is somehow still lacking. On the other hand, his younger sister Satsuki is poor at studying, but she has a good nature and a strength for living. "Boku no Imouto" is a human drama about these two siblings whose parents died while they were still children. Because of their different values, they are always arguing, such as when the brother finds out that his sister is having an affair with a married man. However, the siblings have also developed a strong bond that keeps them together despite their constant conflicts. But a huge and unexpected incident occurs, which threatens to shake their relationship.

Genres
Drama
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Boku no Imouto is a Japanese drama of 67,319 characters, with 3,883 unique words and 1,144 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,883 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
37min
Word count3,699
Unique words
1,193
Unique kanji
601
Avg. sentence11.2
Speech speed
279
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
23min
Word count2,406
Unique words
812
Unique kanji
430
Avg. sentence11.9
Speech speed
286
Difficulty Hard

Episode 3

Speech time
25min
Word count2,806
Unique words
805
Unique kanji
407
Avg. sentence12.2
Speech speed
292
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
26min
Word count2,810
Unique words
827
Unique kanji
423
Avg. sentence12.1
Speech speed
283
Difficulty Hard

Episode 5

Speech time
29min
Word count2,453
Unique words
838
Unique kanji
464
Avg. sentence10.8
Speech speed
233
Difficulty Hard

Episode 6

Speech time
24min
Word count2,222
Unique words
764
Unique kanji
401
Avg. sentence12.1
Speech speed
252
Difficulty Hard

Episode 7

Speech time
22min
Word count2,101
Unique words
698
Unique kanji
367
Avg. sentence10.2
Speech speed
243
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
26min
Word count2,640
Unique words
896
Unique kanji
472
Avg. sentence11.3
Speech speed
276
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
22min
Word count2,133
Unique words
654
Unique kanji
344
Avg. sentence11.7
Speech speed
253
Difficulty Hard

Episode 10

Speech time
26min
Word count2,462
Unique words
777
Unique kanji
398
Avg. sentence11.5
Speech speed
253
Difficulty Average

Episode 11

Speech time
28min
Word count2,875
Unique words
879
Unique kanji
446
Avg. sentence11.5
Speech speed
273
Difficulty Easy

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