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
母さん23.39
頂きます23.32
ては22.43
舌23.47
不思議22.81
どんな22.69
生活22.93
暖かい23.67
何22.09
涙22.98
ちゃぶ台25.13
内心23.22
だから21.99
安心22.88
じゃない22.26
苛め23.87
あの人23.29
傷22.94
巴豆22.47
連れて22.86
好み23.52
や21.75
ものを22.71
鼻23.23
みたい22.65
運ぶ22.97
時間22.25
やかん25.05
外国人24.44
歩度22.23
外囲23.11
昔22.93
頼む22.70
覚え22.76
買う22.81
じゃあ22.61
さ21.59
結う24.42
微笑む23.01
後22.36
様子22.34
友達23.17
これから22.69
とは21.95
それは21.95
柔らかい23.35
篷24.82
握手23.88
そこ22.66
アトム25.59
頬22.86
当たり前23.08
お裾分け24.92
悲しい23.34
慰め23.79
少年22.80
眺め23.05
贅沢23.77
まあ22.23
哭く22.05
わよ22.78
答え22.75
知る22.11
最近22.84
だけど22.44
嬉しそう23.06
時には23.07
占領軍26.00
育てる23.68
私たち22.76
懸22.62
それを22.10
人21.87
とする22.60
一度22.79
泣く23.07
赤ん坊23.86
日本人23.58
行ってくる23.79
もの21.96
にして22.30
のでは22.62
笑み22.60
取り上げ24.11
ああ22.23
朝22.96
何だか22.94
見る22.00
変わる22.75
によって22.54
娘22.68
少し22.13
敵22.44
弟23.14
葬式24.67
参賀22.47
左側24.01
あっ21.98
自分で22.97
見21.96

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