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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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
頼む22.70
とする22.60
不思議22.81
様子22.34
昔22.93
みたい22.65
だから21.99
懸22.62
あっ21.98
育てる23.68
兵士22.77
実は22.91
安心22.88
娘22.68
慰め23.79
敵22.44
舌23.47
握手23.88
眺め23.05
さ21.59
よね22.43
左側24.01
それは21.95
一度22.79
お裾分け24.92
葬式24.67
時間22.25
贅沢23.77
つつも23.23
によって22.54
覚え22.76
占領軍26.00
ものを22.71
おすそ分け25.04
何22.09
前22.31
行う22.53
ああ22.23
情けない23.50
柔らかい23.35
わよ22.78
生活22.93
どんな22.69
人21.87
参賀22.47
結う24.42
すき焼き25.23
友達23.17
だけど22.44
赤ん坊23.86
外国人24.44
最近22.84
暖かい23.67
見る22.00
これから22.69
買う22.81
見21.96
取り上げ24.11
運ぶ22.97
苛め23.87
持ち主23.54
少年22.80
何だか22.94
ては22.43
母さん23.39
後22.36
あの人23.29
味方23.17
泣く23.07
って言う22.83
あの22.00
鼻23.23
見つめる22.75
えっ22.85
ここに22.60
外囲23.11
ちょう度23.29
同士23.17
好み23.52
まあ22.23
とは21.95
嬉しそう23.06
いく日24.07
じっと23.19
こんなに23.14
微笑む23.01
にして22.30
ても21.96
もの21.96
歩度22.23
自分で22.97
帰ってくる23.74
やかん25.05
頂きます23.32
じゃあ22.61
小学校24.12
ボロボロ23.68
当時23.28
それを22.10
のでは22.62

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