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Cover of Hakase no Aishita Suushiki
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Hakase no Aishita Suushiki
Length (in words)48240
Unique words7070
Unique words (used once)3390
Unique words (used once %)47%
Unique kanji1648
Unique kanji (used once)280
Unique kanji readings2832
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)64/100
Average sentence length31.4
Characters111518
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Cover of Byousoku 5 Centimeter
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Byousoku 5 Centimeter
Length (in words)31625
Unique words4583
Unique words (used once)2278
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1361
Unique kanji (used once)280
Unique kanji readings2123
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)70/100
Average sentence length30.4
Characters71010
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Cover of Mikkokusha
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Mikkokusha
Length (in words)76045
Unique words7508
Unique words (used once)3579
Unique words (used once %)47%
Unique kanji1594
Unique kanji (used once)284
Unique kanji readings2597
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)68/100
Average sentence length28.8
Characters183535
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Cover of Sabishigariya no Loliferatu
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Sabishigariya no Loliferatu
Length (in words)42893
Unique words7008
Unique words (used once)3702
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1770
Unique kanji (used once)377
Unique kanji readings2891
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)69/100
Average sentence length21.3
Characters105016
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Cover of Elysion
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Elysion
Length (in words)107864
Unique words9615
Unique words (used once)4368
Unique words (used once %)45%
Unique kanji2134
Unique kanji (used once)332
Unique kanji readings3859
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)68/100
Average sentence length15.5
Characters242981
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Cover of Kanojo wa Kisei Shijo
Novel
Kanojo wa Kisei Shijo
Length (in words)138834
Unique words13048
Unique words (used once)5870
Unique words (used once %)44%
Unique kanji1984
Unique kanji (used once)282
Unique kanji readings3658
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)57/100
Average sentence length21.5
Characters313262
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Cover of Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuu Tan
Novel
Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuu Tan
Length (in words)48966
Unique words6797
Unique words (used once)3411
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1722
Unique kanji (used once)327
Unique kanji readings2894
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)64/100
Average sentence length19.1
Characters113255
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Cover of Kusa no Uta
Novel
Kusa no Uta
Length (in words)55918
Unique words6956
Unique words (used once)3461
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1865
Unique kanji (used once)375
Unique kanji readings3213
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)64/100
Average sentence length26.6
Characters120071
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Cover of Lilith ni Omakase!
Novel
Lilith ni Omakase!
Length (in words)113496
Unique words9052
Unique words (used once)3618
Unique words (used once %)39%
Unique kanji1661
Unique kanji (used once)205
Unique kanji readings2941
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)59/100
Average sentence length20.9
Characters266233
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Cover of Kodoku no Tonari
Novel
Kodoku no Tonari
Length (in words)47114
Unique words6529
Unique words (used once)3410
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1710
Unique kanji (used once)362
Unique kanji readings2834
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)67/100
Average sentence length28.8
Characters103964
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Cover of Uchi no Kaichou wa Araburu Toraneko ni Niteiru.
Novel
Uchi no Kaichou wa Araburu Toraneko ni Niteiru.
Length (in words)106988
Unique words9079
Unique words (used once)4113
Unique words (used once %)45%
Unique kanji1879
Unique kanji (used once)307
Unique kanji readings3276
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)66/100
Average sentence length16.7
Characters252690
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Cover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Novel
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Length (in words)209429
Unique words12416
Unique words (used once)4856
Unique words (used once %)39%
Unique kanji2104
Unique kanji (used once)236
Unique kanji readings3888
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)59/100
Average sentence length23.5
Characters511289
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Cover of Tsumetai Ozon
Novel
Tsumetai Ozon
Length (in words)60894
Unique words7341
Unique words (used once)3525
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1638
Unique kanji (used once)260
Unique kanji readings2783
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)68/100
Average sentence length28.8
Characters138822
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Cover of Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon
Novel
Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon
Length (in words)192788
Unique words12752
Unique words (used once)4790
Unique words (used once %)37%
Unique kanji2240
Unique kanji (used once)280
Unique kanji readings4174
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)59/100
Average sentence length21.6
Characters451799
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Cover of Aquanaut Chronicle
Novel
Aquanaut Chronicle
Length (in words)55753
Unique words6977
Unique words (used once)3430
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1748
Unique kanji (used once)332
Unique kanji readings2985
Average difficulty50/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)67/100
Average sentence length21.6
Characters129298
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Cover of Danganronpa Zero
Novel
Danganronpa Zero
Length (in words)83953
Unique words7393
Unique words (used once)3146
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1698
Unique kanji (used once)262
Unique kanji readings2874
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)63/100
Average sentence length21.8
Characters200812
Volumes2
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Cover of Inou Battle wa Nichijoukei no Naka De
Novel
Inou Battle wa Nichijoukei no Naka De
Length (in words)127888
Unique words11063
Unique words (used once)4706
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1949
Unique kanji (used once)306
Unique kanji readings3463
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)65/100
Average sentence length16.8
Characters309160
Volumes3
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Cover of Otome Ariadne to Koi no Meikyuu
Novel
Otome Ariadne to Koi no Meikyuu
Length (in words)51593
Unique words6255
Unique words (used once)2791
Unique words (used once %)44%
Unique kanji1784
Unique kanji (used once)349
Unique kanji readings2876
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)61/100
Average sentence length26.0
Characters121649
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Cover of Tobira no Soto
Novel
Tobira no Soto
Length (in words)143079
Unique words8555
Unique words (used once)3375
Unique words (used once %)39%
Unique kanji1761
Unique kanji (used once)235
Unique kanji readings2937
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)61/100
Average sentence length17.8
Characters336438
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Cover of Ishin Sen'ya
Novel
Ishin Sen'ya
Length (in words)46520
Unique words6618
Unique words (used once)3403
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji1836
Unique kanji (used once)362
Unique kanji readings3080
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)74/100
Average sentence length19.9
Characters101161
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Cover of Mou, Ii Desho
Novel
Mou, Ii Desho
Length (in words)86508
Unique words8387
Unique words (used once)3657
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1918
Unique kanji (used once)287
Unique kanji readings3436
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)67/100
Average sentence length24.1
Characters207987
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Cover of Jou, Kichi Futari
Novel
Jou, Kichi Futari
Length (in words)36634
Unique words5800
Unique words (used once)2906
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1729
Unique kanji (used once)400
Unique kanji readings2818
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)66/100
Average sentence length26.0
Characters85813
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Cover of Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano Datta
Novel
Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano Datta
Length (in words)441622
Unique words19596
Unique words (used once)7020
Unique words (used once %)35%
Unique kanji2411
Unique kanji (used once)260
Unique kanji readings4724
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)63/100
Average sentence length18.4
Characters1046459
Volumes10
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Cover of Jigoku Kurayami Hana mo Naki
Novel
Jigoku Kurayami Hana mo Naki
Length (in words)37701
Unique words6873
Unique words (used once)3743
Unique words (used once %)54%
Unique kanji1812
Unique kanji (used once)356
Unique kanji readings3105
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)71/100
Average sentence length21.7
Characters89126
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Cover of Ishikoro no Uta
Novel
Ishikoro no Uta
Length (in words)70744
Unique words8366
Unique words (used once)4098
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1883
Unique kanji (used once)319
Unique kanji readings3346
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)68/100
Average sentence length27.7
Characters155948
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Cover of Koujo Denka no Kateikyoushi
Novel
Koujo Denka no Kateikyoushi
Length (in words)598556
Unique words19145
Unique words (used once)5748
Unique words (used once %)30%
Unique kanji2560
Unique kanji (used once)190
Unique kanji readings5122
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)65/100
Average sentence length16.4
Characters1313289
Volumes13
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Cover of Ushinawareru Monogatari
Novel
Ushinawareru Monogatari
Length (in words)71694
Unique words6517
Unique words (used once)2806
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1570
Unique kanji (used once)271
Unique kanji readings2606
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)67/100
Average sentence length24.3
Characters161688
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Cover of Hamlet Syndrome
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Hamlet Syndrome
Length (in words)45039
Unique words6061
Unique words (used once)3117
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji1578
Unique kanji (used once)357
Unique kanji readings2568
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)71/100
Average sentence length17.8
Characters109428
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Cover of Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho
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Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho
Length (in words)516928
Unique words18548
Unique words (used once)5812
Unique words (used once %)31%
Unique kanji2410
Unique kanji (used once)211
Unique kanji readings4776
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)67/100
Average sentence length20.8
Characters1119519
Volumes11
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Cover of Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!
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Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!
Length (in words)188524
Unique words12095
Unique words (used once)4608
Unique words (used once %)38%
Unique kanji2083
Unique kanji (used once)218
Unique kanji readings3776
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)69/100
Average sentence length17.4
Characters425625
Volumes4
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Cover of Cross Connect
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Cross Connect
Length (in words)143670
Unique words11551
Unique words (used once)4913
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji2053
Unique kanji (used once)284
Unique kanji readings3715
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)69/100
Average sentence length22.2
Characters336023
Volumes3
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Cover of Kanojo to Boku no Denkiteki Gakumon
Novel
Kanojo to Boku no Denkiteki Gakumon
Length (in words)152246
Unique words11428
Unique words (used once)4724
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji2186
Unique kanji (used once)278
Unique kanji readings4085
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)68/100
Average sentence length26.0
Characters340897
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Cover of Guren no Tsubasa
Novel
Guren no Tsubasa
Length (in words)139087
Unique words11167
Unique words (used once)4267
Unique words (used once %)38%
Unique kanji2179
Unique kanji (used once)261
Unique kanji readings4036
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)62/100
Average sentence length31.3
Characters318198
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Cover of Z no Jikan
Novel
Z no Jikan
Length (in words)83350
Unique words8981
Unique words (used once)4179
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1908
Unique kanji (used once)302
Unique kanji readings3276
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)67/100
Average sentence length20.1
Characters190284
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Cover of My Little Sister is a Tyrannosaurus
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My Little Sister is a Tyrannosaurus
Length (in words)73003
Unique words6982
Unique words (used once)3147
Unique words (used once %)45%
Unique kanji1680
Unique kanji (used once)325
Unique kanji readings2719
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)70/100
Average sentence length16.4
Characters173086
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Cover of Shayou
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Shayou
Length (in words)35377
Unique words4871
Unique words (used once)2411
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1499
Unique kanji (used once)358
Unique kanji readings2368
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)67/100
Average sentence length29.7
Characters79668
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Cover of Yuushiki
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Yuushiki
Length (in words)43023
Unique words5985
Unique words (used once)3100
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji1569
Unique kanji (used once)336
Unique kanji readings2545
Average difficulty51/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)66/100
Average sentence length21.3
Characters97221
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Cover of Ken to Mahou no Fantasy
Novel
Ken to Mahou no Fantasy
Length (in words)53283
Unique words8018
Unique words (used once)3911
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1724
Unique kanji (used once)237
Unique kanji readings2941
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)70/100
Average sentence length16.8
Characters118946
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Cover of Colosseum
Novel
Colosseum
Length (in words)120963
Unique words7942
Unique words (used once)3197
Unique words (used once %)40%
Unique kanji1706
Unique kanji (used once)240
Unique kanji readings2851
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)63/100
Average sentence length18.6
Characters282986
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Cover of Rokunin no Aka Zukin wa Konya Taberareru
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Rokunin no Aka Zukin wa Konya Taberareru
Length (in words)49467
Unique words6254
Unique words (used once)3010
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1761
Unique kanji (used once)356
Unique kanji readings2908
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)65/100
Average sentence length19.3
Characters110017
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Cover of Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru
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Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru
Length (in words)42633
Unique words4952
Unique words (used once)2400
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1489
Unique kanji (used once)367
Unique kanji readings2377
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)66/100
Average sentence length23.9
Characters98597
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Cover of Shita no Ue no Kimi
Novel
Shita no Ue no Kimi
Length (in words)43883
Unique words6055
Unique words (used once)3046
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1767
Unique kanji (used once)381
Unique kanji readings2899
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)64/100
Average sentence length23.0
Characters95551
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Cover of Irimuko Samurai Akinai Jou Sekiyado Goyoutashi
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Irimuko Samurai Akinai Jou Sekiyado Goyoutashi
Length (in words)132022
Unique words9241
Unique words (used once)3725
Unique words (used once %)40%
Unique kanji2046
Unique kanji (used once)308
Unique kanji readings3731
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)64/100
Average sentence length19.5
Characters295032
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Cover of Maria-sama ga Miteru
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Maria-sama ga Miteru
Length (in words)1084721
Unique words27766
Unique words (used once)8499
Unique words (used once %)30%
Unique kanji2524
Unique kanji (used once)192
Unique kanji readings5262
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)64/100
Average sentence length22.2
Characters2630604
Volumes36
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Cover of Narnia Koku Monogatari
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Narnia Koku Monogatari
Length (in words)145992
Unique words9589
Unique words (used once)4024
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji1246
Unique kanji (used once)250
Unique kanji readings2115
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)71/100
Average sentence length28.6
Characters368150
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Cover of Rokunin no Usotsuki na Daigakusei
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Rokunin no Usotsuki na Daigakusei
Length (in words)68682
Unique words8050
Unique words (used once)3993
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1801
Unique kanji (used once)347
Unique kanji readings3044
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)68/100
Average sentence length30.5
Characters164411
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Cover of Shichinin no Maken Hime to Zero no Kishidan
Novel
Shichinin no Maken Hime to Zero no Kishidan
Length (in words)90158
Unique words8271
Unique words (used once)3614
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1750
Unique kanji (used once)225
Unique kanji readings3037
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)72/100
Average sentence length20.4
Characters210300
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Cover of Anata ni Denwa
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Anata ni Denwa
Length (in words)37748
Unique words5269
Unique words (used once)2663
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1357
Unique kanji (used once)272
Unique kanji readings2198
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)69/100
Average sentence length22.5
Characters86090
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Cover of The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire
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The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire
Length (in words)108164
Unique words9194
Unique words (used once)3816
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji1680
Unique kanji (used once)217
Unique kanji readings2910
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)65/100
Average sentence length24.6
Characters264910
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Cover of Suri
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Suri
Length (in words)33780
Unique words3909
Unique words (used once)1756
Unique words (used once %)44%
Unique kanji1345
Unique kanji (used once)248
Unique kanji readings2031
Average difficulty52/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)68/100
Average sentence length24.1
Characters70587
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