Sky-Blue Umbrella

Sky-Blue Umbrella

夏生青波(旧なつづきりよ)

Forty years ago, while I was minding my grandmother's tobacco shop, I encountered an older boy standing there with a waiting-for-someone expression on his face. He was carrying what he said was a borrowed sky-blue umbrella. This work is also published on Everystar, fujossy, and my own website.

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Statistics

Reading Time
44 min
Words 1,830
Sentences 205
Characters 3,506
Unique Words 695
1-Occurrence Words
467
Unique Kanji 438
1-Occurrence Kanji
227
Avg Word Difficulty 2.18
Avg Sentence Length 8.9

Word List (695 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
店番34.53
出32.33
少年32.80
あの子33.24
奥32.86
今31.97
返す32.90
と言う31.58
空色34.65
ん32.09
しか32.33
見31.96
借りる33.60
お前32.16
高校生33.97
梅雨34.72
よう32.31
そう41.75
峠44.51
人41.87
持つ42.02
様に41.76
大丈夫42.38
タバコ44.29
座る42.78
そして41.87
し41.60
頃42.85
貸し43.38
のか41.74
音42.39
丈41.71
勲42.66
また42.19
には41.57
言う41.56
する41.24
だろう41.78
客43.29
はい42.31
目41.99
男42.13
けど41.79
をして42.06
この51.58
その51.44
なら52.00
外52.73
話51.96
でも51.70
もう52.11
ありがとう52.86
売る52.92
店52.73
常連54.34
繁65.06
手61.97
あの62.00
なる61.37
来る62.08
のだ61.65
声72.02
か71.46
ね71.64
だから71.99
んだ71.80
中71.86
だ91.16
思う91.61
だった91.58
して91.31
よ101.48
れる101.22
顔101.91
板111.29
下111.38
雨123.28
も121.04
こと131.30
な141.04
車153.37
から151.17
傘163.87
祖母ちゃん175.75
いる191.00
と280.77
お兄ちゃん283.29
で290.86
俺301.41
に540.54
て600.56
が650.48
は690.48
を740.41
の1230.28

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