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 |
|---|---|---|
| 仲間 | 1 | 2.81 |
| 無理 | 1 | 2.63 |
| 表玄関 | 1 | 5.90 |
| 下手くそ | 1 | 4.65 |
| 如何 | 1 | 3.47 |
| ところで | 1 | 2.57 |
| 宛て | 1 | 4.61 |
| んん | 1 | 3.70 |
| 何故 | 1 | 2.62 |
| 山野 | 1 | 3.73 |
| チビ | 1 | 4.16 |
| さよなら | 1 | 4.48 |
| どうしたの | 1 | 3.34 |
| この中 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 頼む | 1 | 2.70 |
| 疲れる | 1 | 3.75 |
| イタドリ | 1 | 6.28 |
| おしまい | 1 | 4.09 |
| 印 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 今も | 1 | 3.35 |
| 地獄 | 1 | 3.43 |
| 喰う | 1 | 3.59 |
| 下がる | 1 | 3.19 |
| 遭う | 1 | 3.72 |
| 途中 | 1 | 2.94 |
| ドーン | 1 | 4.57 |
| 行ってらっしゃい | 1 | 4.27 |
| 吸い出す | 1 | 4.99 |
| 髪 | 1 | 2.71 |
| 危ない | 1 | 3.21 |
| 生き物 | 1 | 3.36 |
| 飯 | 1 | 3.57 |
| コンビーフ | 1 | 6.25 |
| 見過ごす | 1 | 4.32 |
| きんき | 1 | 6.69 |
| 弱虫 | 1 | 5.06 |
| さえ | 1 | 2.89 |
| 忙しい | 1 | 3.14 |
| 腰 | 1 | 2.88 |
| むむ | 1 | 4.35 |
| 棒 | 1 | 3.51 |
| 行ける | 1 | 3.40 |
| ひと休み | 1 | 5.73 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| 祖父 | 1 | 3.41 |
| じゃねぇ | 1 | 3.48 |
| ざまあ見ろ | 1 | 4.94 |
| お嬢さん | 1 | 3.84 |
| とく | 1 | 3.39 |
| お目にかかる | 1 | 4.27 |
| 雨 | 1 | 3.28 |
| いやー | 1 | 3.81 |
| 撫でる | 1 | 2.95 |
| 滅びる | 1 | 3.74 |
| 人目 | 1 | 3.91 |
| 摸する | 1 | 3.34 |
| 真心 | 1 | 4.99 |
| 削り | 1 | 4.04 |
| 何とぞ | 1 | 4.94 |
| 優しい | 1 | 2.76 |
| 買い出し | 1 | 4.37 |
| 離れる | 1 | 2.83 |
| 喜んで | 1 | 3.23 |
| お守り | 1 | 3.91 |
| 初めて | 1 | 2.64 |
| お似合い | 1 | 4.18 |
| ったら | 1 | 3.88 |
| 実 | 1 | 3.37 |
| 似 | 1 | 3.28 |
| さっき | 1 | 2.78 |
| お積もり | 1 | 4.17 |
| 醜い | 1 | 3.92 |
| 脱出 | 1 | 3.49 |
| その昔 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 可哀そう | 1 | 4.05 |
| 村中 | 1 | 4.88 |
| 怖い | 1 | 2.81 |
| ろくでもない | 1 | 4.60 |
| 閣下 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 最早 | 1 | 3.03 |
| 回し | 1 | 3.38 |
| 大旦那 | 1 | 4.98 |
| 会う | 1 | 2.62 |
| 支え | 1 | 3.37 |
| 下りる | 1 | 3.84 |
| 八つ裂き | 1 | 4.79 |
| 駅 | 1 | 3.98 |
| 迷う | 1 | 3.30 |
| 生きる | 1 | 3.23 |
| 怪しい | 1 | 3.32 |
| 全然 | 1 | 3.10 |
| ぐらい | 1 | 2.70 |
| 一敗 | 1 | 3.30 |
| 気づく | 1 | 2.78 |
| 寒い | 1 | 3.54 |
| ずつ | 1 | 3.48 |
| たって | 1 | 3.39 |
| 見送る | 1 | 3.37 |
| 了い | 1 | 3.04 |
| 晴れ渡る | 1 | 4.74 |
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