The Boy and the Heron
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the “long-awaited one.” (Source: Letterboxd)
Statistics
Reading Time 107 min
Estimated reading time per work
Words 4,478
Sentences 1,436
Characters 8,523
Unique Words 1,311
1-Occurrence Words 753
Words that appear only once in the text (hapax legomena)
Unique Kanji 638
1-Occurrence Kanji 261
Kanji that appear only once in the text
Avg Word Difficulty 2.37
Avg Sentence Length 3.1
Word List (1,311 words)
| Word | Frequency | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| 小僧 | 1 | 3.83 |
| お連れ | 1 | 4.27 |
| キンキ | 1 | 7.19 |
| 年後 | 1 | 4.14 |
| 見送り | 1 | 3.75 |
| 代わりばんこに | 1 | 6.26 |
| 海軍 | 1 | 3.88 |
| あらあらあら | 1 | 5.59 |
| 湿る | 1 | 4.03 |
| 個 | 1 | 3.31 |
| 犯人 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 背中 | 1 | 2.80 |
| 呪う | 1 | 3.82 |
| ものだから | 1 | 3.61 |
| 今夜 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 矢じり | 1 | 5.13 |
| 駅 | 1 | 3.98 |
| 生き物 | 1 | 3.36 |
| わっ | 1 | 3.63 |
| 名前 | 1 | 2.51 |
| 少ない | 1 | 2.78 |
| こら | 1 | 3.74 |
| 歌い出す | 1 | 5.64 |
| 鋼 | 1 | 3.50 |
| 連れこむ | 1 | 5.88 |
| 一度だけ | 1 | 3.95 |
| 乗りつける | 1 | 5.76 |
| 生きる | 1 | 3.23 |
| 気づく | 1 | 2.78 |
| 最早 | 1 | 3.03 |
| 無きゃ | 1 | 3.95 |
| ただ今 | 1 | 3.64 |
| 言える | 1 | 2.62 |
| 握り | 1 | 3.58 |
| 哭く | 1 | 2.05 |
| べ | 1 | 3.49 |
| 奪い合う | 1 | 4.75 |
| 下土 | 1 | 2.58 |
| 貸し | 1 | 3.38 |
| 可愛い | 1 | 2.81 |
| で御座います | 1 | 3.39 |
| 木 | 1 | 2.81 |
| 母上 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 障る | 1 | 4.33 |
| 心配をかける | 1 | 5.30 |
| さっき | 1 | 2.78 |
| 願う | 1 | 3.27 |
| 弱虫 | 1 | 5.06 |
| ひと思いに | 1 | 5.47 |
| ジャム | 1 | 4.22 |
| 象 | 1 | 4.41 |
| 事故 | 1 | 3.64 |
| プンプン | 1 | 4.81 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| すな | 1 | 5.25 |
| 千切る | 1 | 5.20 |
| でっかい | 1 | 4.22 |
| ろくでもない | 1 | 4.60 |
| される | 1 | 2.48 |
| にも | 1 | 2.03 |
| ご馳走さま | 1 | 4.62 |
| 燃す | 1 | 5.85 |
| 疲れた | 1 | 3.41 |
| 妙 | 1 | 3.13 |
| ドーン | 1 | 4.57 |
| がね | 1 | 3.58 |
| 疲れる | 1 | 3.75 |
| 離れる | 1 | 2.83 |
| 塞げる | 1 | 5.28 |
| 了い | 1 | 3.04 |
| 見張り | 1 | 3.59 |
| 永い | 1 | 4.62 |
| これから | 1 | 2.69 |
| 手入れ | 1 | 3.12 |
| 危ない | 1 | 3.21 |
| だい | 1 | 3.56 |
| 周り | 1 | 2.77 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| いくら | 1 | 3.05 |
| 亡くなる | 1 | 3.30 |
| 胸騒ぎ | 1 | 4.77 |
| 便所 | 1 | 4.73 |
| アオサギ | 1 | 6.29 |
| 珍しい | 1 | 2.91 |
| 耳より | 1 | 6.01 |
| 人目 | 1 | 3.91 |
| 支え | 1 | 3.37 |
| 耄碌 | 1 | 5.01 |
| 塗り潰し | 1 | 5.21 |
| まさか | 1 | 2.68 |
| 勿 | 1 | 5.02 |
| 歓呼 | 1 | 5.24 |
| ううん | 1 | 3.63 |
| せん | 1 | 3.83 |
| 旅 | 1 | 3.10 |
| にして | 1 | 2.30 |
| この中 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 時代 | 1 | 3.09 |
| 奇麗 | 1 | 3.70 |
| え | 1 | 2.39 |
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