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 |
|---|---|---|
| 契約 | 1 | 3.12 |
| ムリ | 1 | 4.47 |
| 折れる | 1 | 3.58 |
| 毛虫 | 1 | 5.15 |
| だい | 1 | 3.56 |
| 深く | 1 | 3.06 |
| なんてこと | 1 | 3.56 |
| 頻りに | 1 | 4.15 |
| ドーン | 1 | 4.57 |
| 奇麗 | 1 | 3.70 |
| 一手 | 1 | 2.89 |
| 出会う | 1 | 3.16 |
| それに | 1 | 2.23 |
| にして | 1 | 2.30 |
| であります | 1 | 3.78 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| ２本 | 1 | 4.13 |
| そりゃ | 1 | 3.16 |
| 疲れる | 1 | 3.75 |
| 亡くなる | 1 | 3.30 |
| 返す | 1 | 2.90 |
| 間 | 1 | 2.43 |
| のさばる | 1 | 5.20 |
| 湿る | 1 | 4.03 |
| 預ける | 1 | 3.74 |
| てな | 1 | 3.27 |
| 坊ちゃま | 1 | 4.55 |
| イタッ | 1 | 5.54 |
| 塞げる | 1 | 5.28 |
| 犯人 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 確かに | 1 | 2.39 |
| お嬢さん | 1 | 3.84 |
| 弱点 | 1 | 3.62 |
| まさか | 1 | 2.68 |
| 事がある | 1 | 2.89 |
| ご馳走さま | 1 | 4.62 |
| 解体 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 耄碌 | 1 | 5.01 |
| 尊い | 1 | 4.27 |
| 呼ぶ | 1 | 2.52 |
| 爺 | 1 | 3.56 |
| とにかく | 1 | 3.04 |
| 小さな | 1 | 2.71 |
| 呪う | 1 | 3.82 |
| 千切る | 1 | 5.20 |
| 鳥目 | 1 | 5.93 |
| はーい | 1 | 3.77 |
| ジャム | 1 | 4.22 |
| キーッ | 1 | 5.89 |
| 失礼ながら | 1 | 4.68 |
| 病気 | 1 | 3.51 |
| シー | 1 | 4.91 |
| 所か | 1 | 4.31 |
| 脱出 | 1 | 3.49 |
| 滅びる | 1 | 3.74 |
| 字 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 宛て | 1 | 4.61 |
| １ | 1 | 2.85 |
| 火の海 | 1 | 4.80 |
| 雅語 | 1 | 4.02 |
| 降って | 1 | 3.71 |
| 在す | 1 | 2.45 |
| 歓迎 | 1 | 3.56 |
| 旅 | 1 | 3.10 |
| つか | 1 | 3.81 |
| 飛んで | 1 | 3.00 |
| 剔 | 1 | 2.60 |
| 脱炭 | 1 | 3.01 |
| 食わせる | 1 | 4.29 |
| １人 | 1 | 3.47 |
| 手上げ | 1 | 3.61 |
| 通路 | 1 | 3.23 |
| ふざける | 1 | 3.70 |
| うんと | 1 | 3.95 |
| 跡 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 円 | 1 | 3.34 |
| ばっかり | 1 | 3.54 |
| 足跡 | 1 | 4.14 |
| 疲れた | 1 | 3.41 |
| 抔 | 1 | 2.04 |
| 会う | 1 | 2.62 |
| に決まっている | 1 | 4.04 |
| 怖い | 1 | 2.81 |
| へぇ | 1 | 3.58 |
| 怪しい | 1 | 3.32 |
| アオサギ | 1 | 6.29 |
| セキセイインコ | 1 | 6.94 |
| 世帯 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 仇 | 1 | 3.86 |
| 怪我 | 1 | 3.13 |
| 変に | 1 | 3.93 |
| 慈養 | 1 | 6.45 |
| 一敗 | 1 | 3.30 |
| 慣れ | 1 | 3.18 |
| うわ | 1 | 3.47 |
| 元気 | 1 | 3.07 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| じゃった | 1 | 3.78 |
| そうだ | 1 | 2.18 |
| 道理で | 1 | 4.11 |
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