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
自分で22.97
見る22.00
道端24.46
って言う22.83
22.36
すき焼き25.23
握手23.88
感じ22.29
歩度22.23
お礼23.28
柔らかい23.35
持ち主23.54
巴豆22.47
暖かい23.67
恥ずかしい23.05
アトム25.59
答え22.75
不思議22.81
21.59
わよ22.78
勢家23.43
参賀22.47
友達23.17
えっ22.85
外囲23.11
23.47
覚え22.76
にして22.30
22.62
23.14
行ってくる23.79
慰め23.79
情けない23.50
育てる23.68
占領軍26.00
結う24.42
実は22.91
22.68
生活22.93
22.31
取り上げ24.11
贅沢23.77
内心23.22
赤ん坊23.86
じゃない22.26
様子22.34
21.96
あの22.00
買う22.81
によって22.54
何だか22.94
あっ21.98
だけど22.44
帰ってくる23.74
当時23.28
22.44
じっと23.19
22.98
日本人23.58
ここに22.60
葬式24.67
運ぶ22.97
外国人24.44
笑み22.60
頼む22.70
ては22.43
変わる22.75
まあ22.23
22.93
じゃあ22.61
とは21.95
少年22.80
一度22.79
ああ22.23
いく日24.07
それは21.95
小学校24.12
連れて22.86
それを22.10
悲しい23.34
見つめる22.75
同士23.17
24.82
あの人23.29
お裾分け24.92
どんな22.69
私たち22.76
眺め23.05
21.75
22.96
だから21.99
当たり前23.08
みたい22.65
苛め23.87
ボロボロ23.68
22.94
行う22.53
嬉しそう23.06
とする22.60
つつも23.23

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