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 |
|---|---|---|
| 下りる | 1 | 3.84 |
| 握り | 1 | 3.58 |
| 刀伊 | 1 | 3.64 |
| 書く | 1 | 2.69 |
| 梃 | 1 | 3.64 |
| お守り | 1 | 3.91 |
| そうだ | 1 | 2.18 |
| 死人 | 1 | 3.99 |
| 疲れた | 1 | 3.41 |
| 學 | 1 | 6.32 |
| 弟 | 1 | 3.14 |
| 先に | 1 | 2.69 |
| なんぞ | 1 | 3.85 |
| ません | 1 | 3.24 |
| 助け | 1 | 3.10 |
| あとを継ぐ | 1 | 6.36 |
| によって | 1 | 2.54 |
| わけには行かない | 1 | 3.35 |
| 虫 | 1 | 3.44 |
| 歩度 | 1 | 2.23 |
| 坊ちゃま | 1 | 4.55 |
| 名礼 | 1 | 3.69 |
| かしら | 1 | 2.79 |
| 制限 | 1 | 3.52 |
| お帰りなさい | 1 | 3.97 |
| 祖父 | 1 | 3.41 |
| うわ | 1 | 3.47 |
| 失礼ながら | 1 | 4.68 |
| 遙かに | 1 | 3.80 |
| 寂しさ | 1 | 4.20 |
| 触れ | 1 | 3.33 |
| 多く | 1 | 2.66 |
| 夜 | 1 | 2.74 |
| 後悔 | 1 | 3.30 |
| 行ってくる | 1 | 3.79 |
| 散打 | 1 | 3.67 |
| 腫れ | 1 | 4.52 |
| 手上げ | 1 | 3.61 |
| 小僧 | 1 | 3.83 |
| なすって | 1 | 5.48 |
| 喜び | 1 | 3.37 |
| 維新 | 1 | 5.57 |
| 立て | 1 | 3.46 |
| 可哀そう | 1 | 4.05 |
| ざまあ見ろ | 1 | 4.94 |
| ペッ | 1 | 5.37 |
| 暮らし | 1 | 3.33 |
| かもしれん | 1 | 3.52 |
| で御座います | 1 | 3.39 |
| 怪談 | 1 | 4.83 |
| 旗 | 1 | 3.80 |
| どうやら | 1 | 2.64 |
| 仲直り | 1 | 4.32 |
| もう少し | 1 | 3.00 |
| 読みかけ | 1 | 5.44 |
| 笑いごと | 1 | 5.31 |
| 夢 | 1 | 2.91 |
| 逃げて | 1 | 3.41 |
| 増える | 1 | 2.87 |
| 刃金 | 1 | 4.75 |
| まっ白 | 1 | 5.17 |
| こそ | 1 | 2.75 |
| 平気 | 1 | 3.56 |
| 妙 | 1 | 3.13 |
| 支え | 1 | 3.37 |
| 地響き | 1 | 4.27 |
| だんだん | 1 | 3.78 |
| 見なす | 1 | 4.40 |
| 跡 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 脇 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 弱点 | 1 | 3.62 |
| すな | 1 | 5.25 |
| でっかい | 1 | 4.22 |
| 事がある | 1 | 2.89 |
| 印 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 象 | 1 | 4.41 |
| ここん所 | 1 | 5.37 |
| 触れ合う | 1 | 4.26 |
| 呪う | 1 | 3.82 |
| あり | 1 | 2.26 |
| 初めて | 1 | 2.64 |
| 村中 | 1 | 4.88 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| こいつ | 1 | 2.74 |
| 怖い | 1 | 2.81 |
| 確かめる | 1 | 3.49 |
| 但 | 1 | 2.24 |
| わっ | 1 | 3.63 |
| ついて来る | 1 | 4.06 |
| しっかり | 1 | 2.79 |
| シチュー | 1 | 4.12 |
| エサ | 1 | 4.38 |
| 篷 | 1 | 4.82 |
| うんと | 1 | 3.95 |
| 幻 | 1 | 3.61 |
| 物断ち | 1 | 4.17 |
| 返す | 1 | 2.90 |
| 父親 | 1 | 3.14 |
| 手前 | 1 | 3.33 |
| どこか | 1 | 2.70 |
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