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 |
|---|---|---|
| 校長 | 1 | 4.19 |
| ペッ | 1 | 5.37 |
| 弟 | 1 | 3.14 |
| 加持 | 1 | 5.07 |
| 丸で | 1 | 2.60 |
| まい | 1 | 3.58 |
| 埋もれる | 1 | 4.10 |
| 自由 | 1 | 3.33 |
| 喜んで | 1 | 3.23 |
| ひと休み | 1 | 5.73 |
| 知らない | 1 | 2.68 |
| 行ってらっしゃい | 1 | 4.27 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| 道理で | 1 | 4.11 |
| 多い | 1 | 2.52 |
| 山野 | 1 | 3.73 |
| シー | 1 | 4.91 |
| 失礼ながら | 1 | 4.68 |
| つい | 1 | 3.19 |
| ところで | 1 | 2.57 |
| 南無阿弥陀仏 | 1 | 5.43 |
| 串刺し | 1 | 4.34 |
| 産み | 1 | 4.57 |
| 悲しみ | 1 | 3.79 |
| じゃ無いか | 1 | 2.84 |
| かもしれん | 1 | 3.52 |
| 見張り | 1 | 3.59 |
| 越える | 1 | 3.59 |
| 思いっきり | 1 | 3.66 |
| お蔭で | 1 | 3.05 |
| 小僧 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 遭う | 1 | 3.72 |
| 了い | 1 | 3.04 |
| ありがと | 1 | 3.60 |
| 滋養 | 1 | 4.95 |
| たん | 1 | 3.48 |
| にして | 1 | 2.30 |
| 方たち | 1 | 4.69 |
| でなければならない | 1 | 4.64 |
| 支え | 1 | 3.37 |
| 折れる | 1 | 3.58 |
| 名前 | 1 | 2.51 |
| アハハハ | 1 | 4.64 |
| ３年 | 1 | 4.17 |
| あとを継ぐ | 1 | 6.36 |
| しな | 1 | 3.10 |
| 時代 | 1 | 3.09 |
| やった | 1 | 2.95 |
| 降って | 1 | 3.71 |
| にも | 1 | 2.03 |
| 所か | 1 | 4.31 |
| 武運 | 1 | 4.57 |
| 祖父 | 1 | 3.41 |
| ぐらい | 1 | 2.70 |
| 物断ち | 1 | 4.17 |
| 帝国 | 1 | 2.71 |
| 代わりばんこに | 1 | 6.26 |
| 逃げて | 1 | 3.41 |
| 事はない | 1 | 2.83 |
| 炊き込みご飯 | 1 | 5.13 |
| 髪 | 1 | 2.71 |
| 返す | 1 | 2.90 |
| さえ | 1 | 2.89 |
| であります | 1 | 3.78 |
| こうやって | 1 | 3.68 |
| 亡くなる | 1 | 3.30 |
| 村中 | 1 | 4.88 |
| 達者 | 1 | 4.57 |
| 散打 | 1 | 3.67 |
| あんな | 1 | 2.93 |
| へぇ | 1 | 3.58 |
| 貴重 | 1 | 3.50 |
| 箱 | 1 | 3.37 |
| つか | 1 | 3.81 |
| イタッ | 1 | 5.54 |
| 平気 | 1 | 3.56 |
| んじゃ | 1 | 2.56 |
| 圧死 | 1 | 4.29 |
| 腰 | 1 | 2.88 |
| 七日 | 1 | 2.50 |
| 素敵 | 1 | 3.41 |
| じゃん | 1 | 3.55 |
| 火の海 | 1 | 4.80 |
| 下手くそ | 1 | 4.65 |
| 何と | 1 | 3.05 |
| 傷つける | 1 | 3.50 |
| 摸する | 1 | 3.34 |
| お方 | 1 | 3.78 |
| 迎え | 1 | 3.35 |
| その昔 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 様です | 1 | 2.87 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| お成り | 1 | 5.19 |
| 碌に | 1 | 3.81 |
| 館 | 1 | 3.38 |
| 色々 | 1 | 2.52 |
| 転校生 | 1 | 4.80 |
| 疲れる | 1 | 3.75 |
| 足す | 1 | 4.25 |
| 勤労奉仕 | 1 | 6.89 |
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