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 |
|---|---|---|
| いつまでも | 1 | 3.47 |
| 付いてる | 1 | 3.92 |
| これから | 1 | 2.69 |
| 前に | 1 | 2.25 |
| お守り | 1 | 3.91 |
| 大忙し | 1 | 4.63 |
| 耳より | 1 | 6.01 |
| 箱 | 1 | 3.37 |
| ずい分 | 1 | 3.33 |
| 事はない | 1 | 2.83 |
| 頻りに | 1 | 4.15 |
| 炊き込みご飯 | 1 | 5.13 |
| 乱 | 1 | 3.85 |
| なすって | 1 | 5.48 |
| 真心 | 1 | 4.99 |
| 契約 | 1 | 3.12 |
| でなければならない | 1 | 4.64 |
| 男 | 1 | 2.13 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| 怪しい | 1 | 3.32 |
| たり | 1 | 2.26 |
| 抔 | 1 | 2.04 |
| 犯人 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 干支 | 1 | 3.94 |
| 舞い上がる | 1 | 3.92 |
| 違いない | 1 | 3.16 |
| 素人 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 物凄い | 1 | 3.53 |
| 描く | 1 | 3.10 |
| 永い | 1 | 4.62 |
| 缶 | 1 | 4.43 |
| 珍しい | 1 | 2.91 |
| 握り | 1 | 3.58 |
| 平和 | 1 | 3.39 |
| こら | 1 | 3.74 |
| お蔭で | 1 | 3.05 |
| 打破 | 1 | 4.35 |
| される | 1 | 2.48 |
| ざまあ見ろ | 1 | 4.94 |
| 勝手に | 1 | 3.04 |
| 平気 | 1 | 3.56 |
| 心配をかける | 1 | 5.30 |
| 三 | 1 | 2.74 |
| 途中 | 1 | 2.94 |
| 見なす | 1 | 4.40 |
| 嫌い | 1 | 3.22 |
| 腹いっぱい | 1 | 4.93 |
| その儘 | 1 | 2.51 |
| どうして | 1 | 2.71 |
| 車屋 | 1 | 6.15 |
| 夕飯 | 1 | 3.91 |
| 合う | 1 | 2.87 |
| 季節 | 1 | 3.72 |
| 先に | 1 | 2.69 |
| 恐ろしい | 1 | 3.13 |
| ふざける | 1 | 3.70 |
| 返す | 1 | 2.90 |
| それじゃ | 1 | 3.39 |
| 連れて行く | 1 | 4.00 |
| 寄付 | 1 | 4.30 |
| 離れる | 1 | 2.83 |
| 何人も | 1 | 3.85 |
| 回し | 1 | 3.38 |
| ません | 1 | 3.24 |
| がし | 1 | 3.14 |
| 重大 | 1 | 3.95 |
| 構う | 1 | 3.29 |
| 可愛い | 1 | 2.81 |
| しな | 1 | 3.10 |
| のさばる | 1 | 5.20 |
| 履きもの | 1 | 7.42 |
| 迎え | 1 | 3.35 |
| お成り | 1 | 5.19 |
| かん | 1 | 4.46 |
| ご馳走さま | 1 | 4.62 |
| 遭う | 1 | 3.72 |
| 爺 | 1 | 3.56 |
| なんぞ | 1 | 3.85 |
| 脇 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 棒 | 1 | 3.51 |
| 刻 | 1 | 2.65 |
| かもしれん | 1 | 3.52 |
| 風切 | 1 | 5.14 |
| 一敗 | 1 | 3.30 |
| 神隠し | 1 | 4.86 |
| 風切り | 1 | 5.96 |
| どうしたの | 1 | 3.34 |
| 失礼ながら | 1 | 4.68 |
| ものだから | 1 | 3.61 |
| １人 | 1 | 3.47 |
| 屋根 | 1 | 3.56 |
| 彼ら | 1 | 2.47 |
| 何者 | 1 | 3.64 |
| やあ | 1 | 3.89 |
| 最後まで | 1 | 3.43 |
| 取り戻す | 1 | 3.24 |
| 大いなる | 1 | 4.14 |
| 解体 | 1 | 3.41 |
| させる | 1 | 2.36 |
| こっそり | 1 | 3.49 |
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