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 |
|---|---|---|
| 母上 | 1 | 3.60 |
| タテ | 1 | 5.81 |
| そしたら | 1 | 3.83 |
| 歓呼 | 1 | 5.24 |
| そうですが | 1 | 3.91 |
| 個 | 1 | 3.31 |
| べ | 1 | 3.49 |
| 帰す | 1 | 3.93 |
| 部屋 | 1 | 2.30 |
| として | 1 | 1.89 |
| 達者 | 1 | 4.57 |
| じまう | 1 | 4.32 |
| せん | 1 | 3.83 |
| ケンカ | 1 | 4.11 |
| 覗き | 1 | 3.50 |
| そりゃ | 1 | 3.16 |
| 星 | 1 | 3.09 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| 作り | 1 | 3.14 |
| 真心 | 1 | 4.99 |
| 求め | 1 | 3.14 |
| ドーン | 1 | 4.57 |
| お父様 | 1 | 3.32 |
| によって | 1 | 2.54 |
| 初めて | 1 | 2.64 |
| あとを継ぐ | 1 | 6.36 |
| 戻り | 1 | 3.40 |
| 呪う | 1 | 3.82 |
| 代わりばんこに | 1 | 6.26 |
| 買い出し | 1 | 4.37 |
| しかない | 1 | 2.80 |
| 開く | 1 | 2.63 |
| んん | 1 | 3.70 |
| ざまあ見ろ | 1 | 4.94 |
| 生きる | 1 | 3.23 |
| 支え | 1 | 3.37 |
| 事はない | 1 | 2.83 |
| 象 | 1 | 4.41 |
| 匏 | 1 | 4.99 |
| 入り口 | 1 | 3.28 |
| 臥する | 1 | 3.59 |
| 二佐 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 腫れ | 1 | 4.52 |
| じゃねぇ | 1 | 3.48 |
| 了い | 1 | 3.04 |
| とにかく | 1 | 3.04 |
| 母屋 | 1 | 4.36 |
| 回る | 1 | 2.52 |
| 割れ | 1 | 3.80 |
| たどり着く | 1 | 3.62 |
| 歌い出す | 1 | 5.64 |
| 平和 | 1 | 3.39 |
| 打破 | 1 | 4.35 |
| 読み | 1 | 3.20 |
| 地下 | 1 | 3.08 |
| に連れて | 1 | 3.40 |
| ふざける | 1 | 3.70 |
| 討つ | 1 | 3.74 |
| 幻 | 1 | 3.61 |
| 素人 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 並 | 1 | 3.70 |
| 挙げた | 1 | 3.28 |
| あぁ | 1 | 2.97 |
| ろくでもない | 1 | 4.60 |
| 腹いっぱい | 1 | 4.93 |
| 何かと | 1 | 3.80 |
| 勝手に | 1 | 3.04 |
| 全然 | 1 | 3.10 |
| 願う | 1 | 3.27 |
| うんと | 1 | 3.95 |
| 燃す | 1 | 5.85 |
| なんぞ | 1 | 3.85 |
| その昔 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 叱 | 1 | 4.08 |
| 校長 | 1 | 4.19 |
| 具合 | 1 | 3.52 |
| とも | 1 | 2.37 |
| 垂れる | 1 | 4.07 |
| 外囲 | 1 | 3.11 |
| 所か | 1 | 4.31 |
| 絶対に | 1 | 2.91 |
| 見送り | 1 | 3.75 |
| 向き | 1 | 3.61 |
| 見事 | 1 | 3.20 |
| 殺生 | 1 | 4.83 |
| 合わせて | 1 | 3.08 |
| そうさ | 1 | 3.93 |
| ひかり | 1 | 4.77 |
| バンソウコウ | 1 | 7.19 |
| 抜け | 1 | 3.20 |
| ううん | 1 | 3.63 |
| 石ころ | 1 | 4.48 |
| 季節 | 1 | 3.72 |
| 炊き込みご飯 | 1 | 5.13 |
| 係 | 1 | 3.47 |
| 低位 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 離れる | 1 | 2.83 |
| 立て | 1 | 3.46 |
| 婆や | 1 | 5.05 |
| 仲間 | 1 | 2.81 |
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