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 |
|---|---|---|
| 仲直り | 1 | 4.32 |
| 現れる | 1 | 2.76 |
| 婆や | 1 | 5.05 |
| 八つ裂き | 1 | 4.79 |
| 変に | 1 | 3.93 |
| あらあらあら | 1 | 5.59 |
| 山野 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 読み | 1 | 3.20 |
| 怪我人 | 1 | 3.96 |
| でっかい | 1 | 4.22 |
| 物凄い | 1 | 3.53 |
| そしたら | 1 | 3.83 |
| じゃあ | 1 | 2.61 |
| 醜い | 1 | 3.92 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| さぁ | 1 | 3.31 |
| ジャム | 1 | 4.22 |
| 何と | 1 | 3.05 |
| 割れる | 1 | 3.74 |
| ２本 | 1 | 4.13 |
| 武運 | 1 | 4.57 |
| 海軍 | 1 | 3.88 |
| 確かに | 1 | 2.39 |
| どうせ | 1 | 3.22 |
| どうして | 1 | 2.71 |
| 手入れ | 1 | 3.12 |
| 大忙し | 1 | 4.63 |
| 刃金 | 1 | 4.75 |
| 事はない | 1 | 2.83 |
| 通路 | 1 | 3.23 |
| 吸う | 1 | 3.47 |
| 上は | 1 | 4.00 |
| 怪談 | 1 | 4.83 |
| 見送る | 1 | 3.37 |
| 威張る | 1 | 4.68 |
| 臥する | 1 | 3.59 |
| で御座います | 1 | 3.39 |
| 戻り | 1 | 3.40 |
| やって見る | 1 | 4.07 |
| 和煦 | 1 | 5.01 |
| お守り | 1 | 3.91 |
| 閣下 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 石ころ | 1 | 4.48 |
| 抱え | 1 | 3.09 |
| あり | 1 | 2.26 |
| その儘 | 1 | 2.51 |
| 拾う | 1 | 3.44 |
| おいおい | 1 | 3.46 |
| 車屋 | 1 | 6.15 |
| 折れる | 1 | 3.58 |
| べ | 1 | 3.49 |
| 失う | 1 | 2.75 |
| 明かり | 1 | 3.50 |
| 真心 | 1 | 4.99 |
| 背中 | 1 | 2.80 |
| 過ぎ | 1 | 3.12 |
| お守 | 1 | 5.36 |
| ご覧なさい | 1 | 4.77 |
| キンキ | 1 | 7.19 |
| じゃう | 1 | 4.07 |
| 削り | 1 | 4.04 |
| アオサギ | 1 | 6.29 |
| ケンカ | 1 | 4.11 |
| やあ | 1 | 3.89 |
| 蘭 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 病気 | 1 | 3.51 |
| 個 | 1 | 3.31 |
| 底荷 | 1 | 2.49 |
| かしら | 1 | 2.79 |
| の様に | 1 | 2.34 |
| 亡くなる | 1 | 3.30 |
| 油断 | 1 | 3.37 |
| 綱具 | 1 | 4.63 |
| 何時も | 1 | 2.58 |
| 赤い | 1 | 2.81 |
| 初めて | 1 | 2.64 |
| 乱 | 1 | 3.85 |
| 寂しさ | 1 | 4.20 |
| いつまでも | 1 | 3.47 |
| 摸する | 1 | 3.34 |
| 勿 | 1 | 5.02 |
| ません | 1 | 3.24 |
| 滅びる | 1 | 3.74 |
| 慣れ | 1 | 3.18 |
| ううん | 1 | 3.63 |
| あな | 1 | 4.32 |
| 一欠片 | 1 | 4.90 |
| とく | 1 | 3.39 |
| 所か | 1 | 4.31 |
| 不味い | 1 | 3.21 |
| じゃねぇ | 1 | 3.48 |
| 何も | 1 | 2.48 |
| 円 | 1 | 3.34 |
| いえ | 1 | 2.75 |
| プンプン | 1 | 4.81 |
| にして | 1 | 2.30 |
| ご馳走さまでした | 1 | 4.73 |
| 案内者 | 1 | 6.61 |
| 偕老 | 1 | 6.85 |
| 撫でる | 1 | 2.95 |
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