Saru Lock

Drama·猿ロック
Saru Lock
2009/07/23
Speech time
3h 32min
Word count26,174
Unique words
3,657
Unique kanji
1,029
Avg. sentence8.6
Speech speed
320
Difficulty Average
Episodes13
Rating
72 %

Yataro Sarumaru, nicknamed "Saru" is an average high school boy who daydreams about idols but otherwise has no luck with girls. While working with his father, a locksmith in Asakusa, Tokyo, he has gained exceptional skills to pick just about any lock. Using his exceptional skills, Yataro then finds himself solving various mysterious cases, while also trying his luck with the girls.

Genres
Comedy
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Saru Lock is a Japanese drama of 62,998 characters, with 3,657 unique words and 1,029 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,657 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
16min
Word count2,517
Unique words
758
Unique kanji
343
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
383
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
13min
Word count1,666
Unique words
571
Unique kanji
253
Avg. sentence7.6
Speech speed
297
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
17min
Word count2,045
Unique words
667
Unique kanji
303
Avg. sentence7.4
Speech speed
298
Difficulty Easy

Episode 4

Speech time
15min
Word count1,767
Unique words
625
Unique kanji
277
Avg. sentence8.4
Speech speed
302
Difficulty Easy

Episode 5

Speech time
16min
Word count2,043
Unique words
662
Unique kanji
304
Avg. sentence8.2
Speech speed
316
Difficulty Easy

Episode 6

Speech time
17min
Word count2,253
Unique words
756
Unique kanji
373
Avg. sentence8.9
Speech speed
337
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
14min
Word count1,914
Unique words
656
Unique kanji
327
Avg. sentence9.0
Speech speed
345
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
14min
Word count1,791
Unique words
604
Unique kanji
280
Avg. sentence9.3
Speech speed
334
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
19min
Word count2,399
Unique words
827
Unique kanji
387
Avg. sentence8.6
Speech speed
323
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
15min
Word count1,907
Unique words
682
Unique kanji
325
Avg. sentence9.0
Speech speed
322
Difficulty Average

Episode 11

Speech time
17min
Word count2,130
Unique words
706
Unique kanji
305
Avg. sentence8.0
Speech speed
310
Difficulty Average

Episode 12

Speech time
18min
Word count2,187
Unique words
753
Unique kanji
362
Avg. sentence9.6
Speech speed
327
Difficulty Average

Episode 13

Speech time
15min
Word count1,555
Unique words
556
Unique kanji
255
Avg. sentence8.1
Speech speed
266
Difficulty Average

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Vocabulary highlights

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