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 |
|---|---|---|
| 平和 | 1 | 3.39 |
| 如何 | 1 | 3.47 |
| 大水 | 1 | 5.73 |
| 頼む | 1 | 2.70 |
| 先生方 | 1 | 4.47 |
| 木 | 1 | 2.81 |
| ダシ | 1 | 4.79 |
| と言って | 1 | 2.71 |
| しな | 1 | 3.10 |
| 正しい | 1 | 3.12 |
| 無理 | 1 | 2.63 |
| 先祖 | 1 | 3.97 |
| 毛虫 | 1 | 5.15 |
| 名前 | 1 | 2.51 |
| 一つ | 1 | 2.53 |
| 捕まる | 1 | 3.48 |
| なんてこと | 1 | 3.56 |
| 先に | 1 | 2.69 |
| 母上 | 1 | 3.60 |
| ゲタ | 1 | 5.47 |
| 係 | 1 | 3.47 |
| ３日 | 1 | 3.87 |
| 地獄 | 1 | 3.43 |
| 赤い | 1 | 2.81 |
| 火の海 | 1 | 4.80 |
| 怪我人 | 1 | 3.96 |
| やって見る | 1 | 4.07 |
| こいつ | 1 | 2.74 |
| 名 | 1 | 2.55 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| 失う | 1 | 2.75 |
| 討つ | 1 | 3.74 |
| 見張り | 1 | 3.59 |
| 一反 | 1 | 3.87 |
| 素敵 | 1 | 3.41 |
| まさか | 1 | 2.68 |
| 地下 | 1 | 3.08 |
| 触れ | 1 | 3.33 |
| やん | 1 | 3.79 |
| 抜け | 1 | 3.20 |
| じゃあ | 1 | 2.61 |
| 影 | 1 | 2.89 |
| 心 | 1 | 2.57 |
| 打破 | 1 | 4.35 |
| 生き物 | 1 | 3.36 |
| じゃった | 1 | 3.78 |
| ひかり | 1 | 4.77 |
| ずつ | 1 | 3.48 |
| じゃねぇ | 1 | 3.48 |
| 助け | 1 | 3.10 |
| 亡くなる | 1 | 3.30 |
| 骨 | 1 | 3.21 |
| 村中 | 1 | 4.88 |
| 代わりばんこに | 1 | 6.26 |
| 止める | 1 | 2.80 |
| キンキ | 1 | 7.19 |
| 落とす | 1 | 3.04 |
| 懸 | 1 | 2.62 |
| 八つ裂き | 1 | 4.79 |
| やった | 1 | 2.95 |
| して遣る | 1 | 3.56 |
| 奇麗 | 1 | 3.70 |
| とにかく | 1 | 3.04 |
| 背中 | 1 | 2.80 |
| 一欠片 | 1 | 4.90 |
| でなければならない | 1 | 4.64 |
| ご馳走さま | 1 | 4.62 |
| 何時でも | 1 | 3.33 |
| 干上がる | 1 | 4.98 |
| 申し訳 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 別 | 1 | 2.74 |
| 鍛冶 | 1 | 3.46 |
| まい | 1 | 3.58 |
| 時々 | 1 | 3.53 |
| シチュー | 1 | 4.12 |
| ご苦労さん | 1 | 4.72 |
| 通路 | 1 | 3.23 |
| ２人して | 1 | 5.22 |
| すれ違い | 1 | 4.62 |
| 維新 | 1 | 5.57 |
| 怒る | 1 | 2.88 |
| １人 | 1 | 3.47 |
| ふざける | 1 | 3.70 |
| 何もない | 1 | 3.46 |
| 大して | 1 | 3.81 |
| 引き | 1 | 3.23 |
| らしい | 1 | 2.54 |
| お蔭で | 1 | 3.05 |
| 帝国 | 1 | 2.71 |
| どうして | 1 | 2.71 |
| 拾う | 1 | 3.44 |
| 裸芽 | 1 | 3.78 |
| 上手く | 1 | 2.88 |
| 嬉しい | 1 | 2.74 |
| お目にかかる | 1 | 4.27 |
| わけには行かない | 1 | 3.35 |
| 何かと | 1 | 3.80 |
| 制限 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 外囲 | 1 | 3.11 |
| お願い | 1 | 2.92 |
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