The golden axe, the silver axe, and the iron axe that split open his wife's head.

The golden axe, the silver axe, and the iron axe that split open his wife's head.

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A woodcutter who had killed his own wife following a trivial quarrel made his way to a small spring beside his house. When he submerged the axe with which he had killed his wife into the spring, which held clear water, a goddess appeared and asked which axe he had dropped.

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Reading Time
14 min
Words 578
Sentences 62
Characters 1,083
Unique Words 268
1-Occurrence Words
201
Unique Kanji 193
1-Occurrence Kanji
115
Avg Word Difficulty 2.26
Avg Sentence Length 9.3

Word List (268 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
一体12.67
再び12.75
土12.90
止め処なく15.55
何でもない13.50
そう11.75
こと無く13.11
手11.97
泣き13.33
これで12.58
静かに13.02
ベッド13.01
堪らない13.91
だった11.58
割る13.54
お12.11
そうです12.73
思い出13.63
つい13.19
戻る12.35
溢れ13.33
見つめる12.75
哀れ13.81
優しい12.76
やがて13.09
人目13.91
幸せ12.99
微醺14.69
前に12.25
ボブ14.25
作り上げる13.69
暮12.46
半13.51
合う12.87
月12.91
片時も14.95
荒い13.61
見せる12.38
か11.46
中11.86
何処でも14.08
一生13.60
殿12.18
その11.44
時間12.25
手織12.80
振り向く13.32
沈む13.38
大丈夫12.38
現れる12.76
泣く13.07
まま12.40
見せ付ける14.46
直し13.54
これから12.69
しまう12.03
美しさ13.72
穴13.11
映る13.35
揺れる13.45
包む13.08
様に11.76
何か12.12
少し12.13
おお12.89
張り13.82
建てる14.02
深まる14.21
何も12.48
夫婦喧嘩15.19
流す13.33
真下13.15
ません13.24
れる11.22
辞退14.30
続ける12.56
恐怖心14.40
どんな12.69
目をそらす14.77
避け13.12
膨らむ13.63
夜12.74
愛妻15.01
ったら13.88
草木14.26
強い12.36
為に12.22
てね13.19
口論14.41
喧嘩13.40
驚き12.99
詰まる13.59
汗13.33
亡骸14.20
思い出す12.70
揺れ13.49
には11.57
沈め14.17
二度目13.91
差し上げる14.01

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