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 |
|---|---|---|
| 名前 | 1 | 2.51 |
| タテ | 1 | 5.81 |
| はーい | 1 | 3.77 |
| 捕まる | 1 | 3.48 |
| 世帯 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 様です | 1 | 2.87 |
| 平気 | 1 | 3.56 |
| ケンカ | 1 | 4.11 |
| 武運 | 1 | 4.57 |
| 降って | 1 | 3.71 |
| ワッ | 1 | 5.76 |
| 明かり | 1 | 3.50 |
| 旗 | 1 | 3.80 |
| 何人か | 1 | 3.53 |
| 途中 | 1 | 2.94 |
| 気がつく | 1 | 3.38 |
| ４年 | 1 | 4.61 |
| 触れ | 1 | 3.33 |
| お成り | 1 | 5.19 |
| だい | 1 | 3.56 |
| 立ち | 1 | 3.49 |
| 行ってくる | 1 | 3.79 |
| さよなら | 1 | 4.48 |
| のさばる | 1 | 5.20 |
| 殿 | 1 | 2.18 |
| 少し | 1 | 2.13 |
| そうだ | 1 | 2.18 |
| 裸芽 | 1 | 3.78 |
| 会う | 1 | 2.62 |
| 道理で | 1 | 4.11 |
| お似合い | 1 | 4.18 |
| 来 | 1 | 2.47 |
| いくら | 1 | 3.05 |
| 見張り | 1 | 3.59 |
| 食わせる | 1 | 4.29 |
| 口実 | 1 | 4.26 |
| 同罪 | 1 | 4.90 |
| まさか | 1 | 2.68 |
| 少ない | 1 | 2.78 |
| ったら | 1 | 3.88 |
| ながら | 1 | 1.91 |
| ついて来る | 1 | 4.06 |
| お体 | 1 | 4.76 |
| と言って | 1 | 2.71 |
| 死 | 1 | 3.03 |
| つい | 1 | 3.19 |
| 不味い | 1 | 3.21 |
| 始まる | 1 | 2.93 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| 案内者 | 1 | 6.61 |
| ハラワタ | 1 | 5.76 |
| いえ | 1 | 2.75 |
| ご馳走さまでした | 1 | 4.73 |
| 恐ろしい | 1 | 3.13 |
| 動く | 1 | 2.53 |
| たん | 1 | 3.48 |
| ひとり言 | 1 | 5.14 |
| 今夜 | 1 | 3.57 |
| あれっ | 1 | 4.54 |
| 季節 | 1 | 3.72 |
| 終わる | 1 | 2.44 |
| その昔 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 若旦那 | 1 | 4.87 |
| 時々 | 1 | 3.53 |
| 喜んで | 1 | 3.23 |
| かもしれん | 1 | 3.52 |
| さぁ | 1 | 3.31 |
| 無きゃ | 1 | 3.95 |
| 知らない | 1 | 2.68 |
| たり | 1 | 2.26 |
| 帰す | 1 | 3.93 |
| ご覧なさい | 1 | 4.77 |
| 挙げた | 1 | 3.28 |
| 捕まえる | 1 | 3.41 |
| エサ | 1 | 4.38 |
| 滋養 | 1 | 4.95 |
| 但 | 1 | 2.24 |
| 方たち | 1 | 4.69 |
| 王国 | 1 | 2.54 |
| カギ | 1 | 4.67 |
| やあ | 1 | 3.89 |
| の様に | 1 | 2.34 |
| 奪い合う | 1 | 4.75 |
| 帝国 | 1 | 2.71 |
| いやぁ | 1 | 3.76 |
| 遅く | 1 | 3.46 |
| 蘭 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 年後 | 1 | 4.14 |
| おいおい | 1 | 3.46 |
| しな | 1 | 3.10 |
| 行ける | 1 | 3.40 |
| 刃金 | 1 | 4.75 |
| 転校生 | 1 | 4.80 |
| 物にする | 1 | 4.50 |
| がし | 1 | 3.14 |
| 大忙し | 1 | 4.63 |
| ぐらい | 1 | 2.70 |
| であります | 1 | 3.78 |
| ところで | 1 | 2.57 |
| お守 | 1 | 5.36 |
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