Web novel difficulty list

This is a list of web novels from the 小説家になろう website ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is very easy and 10 is very hard. You can use it to find the most appropriate novel to read based on how good your Japanese is.

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Uターン薬湯屋の寝込みがちスローライフ
Length (in words)121058
Unique words8502
Unique words (used once)3403
Unique words (used once %)40%
Unique kanji1713
Unique kanji (used once)233
Unique kanji readings2982
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length20.6
Characters297886
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TSロリっ娘魔法怪盗「配信者」ジョーカー
Length (in words)40399
Unique words5131
Unique words (used once)2486
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1431
Unique kanji (used once)273
Unique kanji readings2257
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length17.6
Characters94624
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SSSランク冒険者から始めるS級異世界生活
Length (in words)25478
Unique words3970
Unique words (used once)2047
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji1288
Unique kanji (used once)321
Unique kanji readings1950
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length17.3
Characters60461
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Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活
Length (in words)2879354
Unique words36277
Unique words (used once)8033
Unique words (used once %)22%
Unique kanji2880
Unique kanji (used once)123
Unique kanji readings6216
Difficulty9/10
Average sentence length24.8
Characters6633748
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RPGの悪役に転生してしまったけど、生き残りたい
Length (in words)127068
Unique words11881
Unique words (used once)5385
Unique words (used once %)45%
Unique kanji2079
Unique kanji (used once)305
Unique kanji readings3846
Difficulty7/10
Average sentence length19.2
Characters291398
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Dジェネシス ダンジョンができて3年(web版)
Length (in words)511329
Unique words23900
Unique words (used once)9428
Unique words (used once %)39%
Unique kanji2500
Unique kanji (used once)236
Unique kanji readings4854
Difficulty7/10
Average sentence length22.7
Characters1221385
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99%断罪確定の悪役令嬢に転生したので、美男騎士だらけの学園でボッチ令嬢を目指します
Length (in words)62705
Unique words6648
Unique words (used once)3056
Unique words (used once %)45%
Unique kanji1631
Unique kanji (used once)273
Unique kanji readings2730
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length18.4
Characters139282
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0から始める小説の書き方徹底講座!
Length (in words)39664
Unique words5604
Unique words (used once)2777
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1498
Unique kanji (used once)311
Unique kanji readings2383
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length32.2
Characters94322
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黒鳶の聖者 〜追放された回復術士は、有り余る魔力で闇魔法を極める〜
Length (in words)351699
Unique words13697
Unique words (used once)5085
Unique words (used once %)37%
Unique kanji2197
Unique kanji (used once)255
Unique kanji readings4004
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length20.7
Characters794092
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黒皇子の恋は捨てられた令嬢を捕まえることができるか
Length (in words)73748
Unique words7498
Unique words (used once)3338
Unique words (used once %)44%
Unique kanji1762
Unique kanji (used once)294
Unique kanji readings3026
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length35.1
Characters175035
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黒猫な俺の異世界生活とおっさんな俺の現代生活が楽しくてたまらない
Length (in words)119936
Unique words8838
Unique words (used once)3879
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1839
Unique kanji (used once)294
Unique kanji readings3184
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length25.3
Characters273442
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黒伯爵の結婚事情
Length (in words)37870
Unique words5686
Unique words (used once)2940
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji1591
Unique kanji (used once)327
Unique kanji readings2617
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length25.2
Characters85594
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黒い結婚ですか
Length (in words)30390
Unique words4519
Unique words (used once)2304
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1451
Unique kanji (used once)331
Unique kanji readings2302
Difficulty3/10
Average sentence length17.5
Characters69870
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黄金の中庭
Length (in words)115694
Unique words10141
Unique words (used once)4466
Unique words (used once %)44%
Unique kanji2010
Unique kanji (used once)290
Unique kanji readings3632
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length25.0
Characters261293
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麗人賢者の薬屋さん
Length (in words)58033
Unique words6991
Unique words (used once)3233
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1770
Unique kanji (used once)286
Unique kanji readings2980
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length18.5
Characters138820
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魔術師団長の契約結婚
Length (in words)24756
Unique words3769
Unique words (used once)1842
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1293
Unique kanji (used once)286
Unique kanji readings1966
Difficulty3/10
Average sentence length22.8
Characters58028
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魔術師クノンは見えている
Length (in words)266362
Unique words13401
Unique words (used once)4917
Unique words (used once %)36%
Unique kanji2080
Unique kanji (used once)228
Unique kanji readings3932
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length17.9
Characters614452
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魔術学院の恋愛事情
Length (in words)85218
Unique words7760
Unique words (used once)3322
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1731
Unique kanji (used once)293
Unique kanji readings2953
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length21.1
Characters195352
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魔王様の街づくり!~最強のダンジョンは近代都市~
Length (in words)407811
Unique words16298
Unique words (used once)5489
Unique words (used once %)33%
Unique kanji2225
Unique kanji (used once)242
Unique kanji readings4154
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length20.6
Characters934763
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魔王学院の不適合者 ~史上最強の魔王の始祖、転生して子孫たちの学校へ通う~
Length (in words)1217337
Unique words21569
Unique words (used once)5434
Unique words (used once %)25%
Unique kanji2538
Unique kanji (used once)149
Unique kanji readings5113
Difficulty9/10
Average sentence length20.2
Characters2755103
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魔王の娘は世界最強だけどヒキニート! ~廃教会に引きこもってたら女神様として信仰されました~
Length (in words)92994
Unique words7409
Unique words (used once)3147
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1668
Unique kanji (used once)267
Unique kanji readings2806
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length17.5
Characters229587
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魔法使いの名付け親
Length (in words)42725
Unique words5162
Unique words (used once)2556
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1428
Unique kanji (used once)331
Unique kanji readings2256
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length25.4
Characters104035
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魔欠落者の収納魔法~フェンリルが住み着きました~
Length (in words)115110
Unique words7278
Unique words (used once)2959
Unique words (used once %)40%
Unique kanji1611
Unique kanji (used once)250
Unique kanji readings2689
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length17.7
Characters262324
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魔導具師ダリヤはうつむかない
Length (in words)796284
Unique words20328
Unique words (used once)6265
Unique words (used once %)30%
Unique kanji2404
Unique kanji (used once)207
Unique kanji readings4717
Difficulty7/10
Average sentence length22.6
Characters1791888
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魔女の髪に触れていいのは使い魔オオカミだけ。魔力成分を保ちながらサラツヤの髪へ……
Length (in words)26366
Unique words4135
Unique words (used once)2080
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1242
Unique kanji (used once)296
Unique kanji readings1916
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length18.4
Characters61885
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魔女の家
Length (in words)20934
Unique words2949
Unique words (used once)1431
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1127
Unique kanji (used once)294
Unique kanji readings1685
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length28.9
Characters48974
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魔女と王都と金色の猫
Length (in words)117219
Unique words8239
Unique words (used once)3451
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji1820
Unique kanji (used once)284
Unique kanji readings3165
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length21.2
Characters273264
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魔力無しだと追放されたので、今後一切かかわりたくありません。魔力回復薬が欲しい?知りませんけど
Length (in words)47167
Unique words4851
Unique words (used once)2209
Unique words (used once %)45%
Unique kanji1336
Unique kanji (used once)266
Unique kanji readings2081
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length17.6
Characters110210
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魔力喰らいの元悪役令嬢は余生を"最後の魔王"として暮らしたい
Length (in words)53591
Unique words5959
Unique words (used once)2772
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1598
Unique kanji (used once)313
Unique kanji readings2651
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length21.9
Characters124471
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魔力を奪われて婚約破棄されたけど、借り物の魔力でいつまで調子に乗っているつもり?
Length (in words)37623
Unique words4602
Unique words (used once)2231
Unique words (used once %)48%
Unique kanji1358
Unique kanji (used once)283
Unique kanji readings2101
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length27.3
Characters87029
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魔力の使えない魔術師
Length (in words)119525
Unique words8498
Unique words (used once)3665
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1791
Unique kanji (used once)293
Unique kanji readings2993
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length20.2
Characters268128
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魅了から解放された私に待っていたのは……
Length (in words)33313
Unique words3251
Unique words (used once)1452
Unique words (used once %)44%
Unique kanji1125
Unique kanji (used once)268
Unique kanji readings1726
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length19.1
Characters77481
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髪結師は竜の番になりました(やっぱり間違いだったようです)
Length (in words)48097
Unique words4556
Unique words (used once)2107
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1343
Unique kanji (used once)257
Unique kanji readings2117
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length24.0
Characters107542
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高飛車皇女は黙ってない
Length (in words)105709
Unique words9031
Unique words (used once)3870
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1954
Unique kanji (used once)281
Unique kanji readings3420
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length25.5
Characters246105
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高嶺の花である美少女先輩が狙っているのはイケメンの親友かと思ったらどうやら狙っていたのは俺の事だったらしいです
Length (in words)57027
Unique words4610
Unique words (used once)2028
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1295
Unique kanji (used once)252
Unique kanji readings2007
Difficulty3/10
Average sentence length27.5
Characters132408
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首刎ね騎士の求婚理由
Length (in words)50248
Unique words5911
Unique words (used once)2746
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1603
Unique kanji (used once)275
Unique kanji readings2583
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length26.6
Characters116935
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飯屋の娘は魔法を使いたくない?
Length (in words)106181
Unique words8929
Unique words (used once)4108
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1844
Unique kanji (used once)288
Unique kanji readings3202
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length24.3
Characters248916
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食べるだけで強くなる!? 最強ハンターの異次元レシピ 〜料理のできないますたぁが喫茶店を始めてしまいました……〜
Length (in words)27102
Unique words4121
Unique words (used once)2104
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji1400
Unique kanji (used once)342
Unique kanji readings2156
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length20.6
Characters66542
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頭に花なんて咲いてません!
Length (in words)22534
Unique words3335
Unique words (used once)1552
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1130
Unique kanji (used once)264
Unique kanji readings1693
Difficulty3/10
Average sentence length24.1
Characters53910
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領主を継いだので好き勝手やってみた
Length (in words)44871
Unique words6303
Unique words (used once)2963
Unique words (used once %)47%
Unique kanji1647
Unique kanji (used once)279
Unique kanji readings2743
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length20.8
Characters101553
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青薔薇の姫
Length (in words)61079
Unique words5735
Unique words (used once)2641
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1567
Unique kanji (used once)310
Unique kanji readings2555
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length18.6
Characters140814
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難攻不落の魔王城へようこそ~デバフは不要と勇者パーティーを追い出された黒魔導士、魔王軍の最高幹部に迎えられる~【Web版】
Length (in words)534034
Unique words17044
Unique words (used once)5442
Unique words (used once %)31%
Unique kanji2281
Unique kanji (used once)206
Unique kanji readings4437
Difficulty8/10
Average sentence length20.2
Characters1192699
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陽キャ美少女の裏アカを知ってしまったが、何故か俺の事ばかり呟いている
Length (in words)50868
Unique words6213
Unique words (used once)2961
Unique words (used once %)47%
Unique kanji1584
Unique kanji (used once)291
Unique kanji readings2604
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length23.7
Characters116869
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陛下、心の声がだだ漏れです!
Length (in words)81697
Unique words8341
Unique words (used once)3855
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1892
Unique kanji (used once)305
Unique kanji readings3254
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length24.0
Characters201010
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限界超えの天賦《スキル》は、転生者にしか扱えない ー オーバーリミット・スキルホルダー
Length (in words)468167
Unique words19664
Unique words (used once)7042
Unique words (used once %)35%
Unique kanji2371
Unique kanji (used once)228
Unique kanji readings4633
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length22.2
Characters1095803
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闇黒の悪役令嬢は溺愛される
Length (in words)53513
Unique words4997
Unique words (used once)2180
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1547
Unique kanji (used once)329
Unique kanji readings2461
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length17.4
Characters120938
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闇の竜王、スローライフをする。
Length (in words)113403
Unique words9191
Unique words (used once)3974
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1790
Unique kanji (used once)289
Unique kanji readings3119
Difficulty7/10
Average sentence length19.8
Characters259548
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闇の悪役令嬢は愛されすぎる
Length (in words)65916
Unique words5999
Unique words (used once)2633
Unique words (used once %)43%
Unique kanji1614
Unique kanji (used once)293
Unique kanji readings2645
Difficulty4/10
Average sentence length18.9
Characters155483
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長宗我部元親の5男に転生したので長宗我部家を全力で守る話。
Length (in words)41958
Unique words5201
Unique words (used once)2386
Unique words (used once %)45%
Unique kanji1565
Unique kanji (used once)302
Unique kanji readings2654
Difficulty5/10
Average sentence length16.7
Characters91133
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長い夜の国と最後の舞踏会
Length (in words)113522
Unique words8348
Unique words (used once)3540
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1992
Unique kanji (used once)310
Unique kanji readings3482
Difficulty6/10
Average sentence length33.7
Characters253048
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