The Girl Next Door, Hideko

The Girl Next Door, Hideko

夏山茂樹

In the 1950s Kansai region, Sanada Midaré lives in a newly built cultural housing complex with her parents, who are a devoted couple. Every morning, the wife kisses her husband goodbye as he leaves the house. Witnessing this up close, Midaré feels embarrassed and pleads with her mother to "stop it." However, her mother responds by saying, "The neighbors Hideko-chan and Kayoko-san also kiss each other..."

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Statistics

Reading Time
65 min
Words 2,710
Sentences 280
Characters 5,207
Unique Words 894
1-Occurrence Words
571
Unique Kanji 563
1-Occurrence Kanji
278
Avg Word Difficulty 2.12
Avg Sentence Length 9.7

Word List (894 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
しまう42.03
嫌う43.34
亡くす44.05
夜42.74
何か42.12
佝僂42.10
お母さん43.26
ようだ42.24
とか42.08
様に41.76
狼43.02
間42.43
出切る42.24
女性42.55
こんな42.33
聞こえ42.93
どこか42.70
鉄人35.44
高い32.51
まで31.84
中々32.84
殊に32.16
玄関33.59
ない31.61
標準34.57
それから32.79
なんか32.48
処32.38
姉ちゃん33.78
今まで32.69
のか31.74
向かう32.31
しかも32.72
日常33.67
様な31.80
ならない32.51
思い32.61
んだ31.80
剔32.60
恋人33.51
笑う32.45
手31.97
それが32.31
です31.71
ば31.60
お湯33.74
表情32.35
髪32.71
それで32.44
聞く31.95
話31.96
吐く32.90
忍者34.00
きっと32.65
壁32.70
帰る32.52
やる32.13
そして31.87
なのに32.74
時32.26
想い33.32
けど31.79
今日は32.66
ちゃう32.74
の様に32.34
戦争33.00
厭らしい34.28
これ32.15
真田34.55
気まずい33.71
では31.75
いい32.05
美味しい32.91
大きな32.50
どうして32.71
皆32.30
ロボット33.97
上32.23
赤い32.81
彼方32.51
ジャズ喫茶37.29
教師33.40
ある日33.73
丈31.71
その日33.31
勲32.66
在る31.55
答える32.69
変わる22.75
ああ22.23
何22.09
少年22.80
ものを22.71
どんな22.69
何だか22.94
日本人23.58
結う24.42
泣く23.07
このまま22.79
柔らかい23.35

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