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 |
|---|---|---|
| そりゃ | 1 | 3.16 |
| 来 | 1 | 2.47 |
| ひき付ける | 1 | 5.59 |
| 眞 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 読みかけ | 1 | 5.44 |
| 季節 | 1 | 3.72 |
| 底荷 | 1 | 2.49 |
| 鍛冶 | 1 | 3.46 |
| 多い | 1 | 2.52 |
| 心配をかける | 1 | 5.30 |
| カビ | 1 | 4.73 |
| 何方 | 1 | 4.20 |
| 一手 | 1 | 2.89 |
| 犯人 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 確かめ | 1 | 3.70 |
| と言って | 1 | 2.71 |
| 先祖 | 1 | 3.97 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| 八つ裂き | 1 | 4.79 |
| 制限 | 1 | 3.52 |
| お目にかかる | 1 | 4.27 |
| として | 1 | 1.89 |
| 気がつく | 1 | 3.38 |
| 字 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 駄文 | 1 | 5.60 |
| 達者 | 1 | 4.57 |
| お体 | 1 | 4.76 |
| まんま | 1 | 4.26 |
| 危ない | 1 | 3.21 |
| 歌い出す | 1 | 5.64 |
| 腰 | 1 | 2.88 |
| 脱炭 | 1 | 3.01 |
| お守り | 1 | 3.91 |
| 喰う | 1 | 3.59 |
| 若旦那 | 1 | 4.87 |
| 怪しい | 1 | 3.32 |
| 拾う | 1 | 3.44 |
| 見なす | 1 | 4.40 |
| お願い | 1 | 2.92 |
| 世話 | 1 | 3.45 |
| 先に | 1 | 2.69 |
| 彼ら | 1 | 2.47 |
| 一欠片 | 1 | 4.90 |
| 二佐 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 怒る | 1 | 2.88 |
| 代わりばんこに | 1 | 6.26 |
| 大水 | 1 | 5.73 |
| あんたら | 1 | 3.98 |
| 染まる | 1 | 3.39 |
| 割れる | 1 | 3.74 |
| 父親 | 1 | 3.14 |
| シー | 1 | 4.91 |
| される | 1 | 2.48 |
| 授業 | 1 | 3.32 |
| 蘭 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 強力 | 1 | 3.21 |
| 色んな | 1 | 3.36 |
| わっ | 1 | 3.63 |
| 親方 | 1 | 3.75 |
| てな | 1 | 3.27 |
| 印 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 寝 | 1 | 3.06 |
| 三 | 1 | 2.74 |
| キーッ | 1 | 5.89 |
| 奪い合う | 1 | 4.75 |
| 笑いごと | 1 | 5.31 |
| のさばる | 1 | 5.20 |
| ひと休み | 1 | 5.73 |
| いえ | 1 | 2.75 |
| 貴重 | 1 | 3.50 |
| 借りる | 1 | 3.60 |
| 飲む | 1 | 2.84 |
| コンビーフ | 1 | 6.25 |
| 喜び | 1 | 3.37 |
| 係る | 1 | 3.24 |
| だもの | 1 | 3.76 |
| 申し訳 | 1 | 3.60 |
| ジャム | 1 | 4.22 |
| 大して | 1 | 3.81 |
| 怪我人 | 1 | 3.96 |
| でなければならない | 1 | 4.64 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| 明るい | 1 | 3.19 |
| 奇麗 | 1 | 3.70 |
| 覆われ | 1 | 3.82 |
| 何時でも | 1 | 3.33 |
| 捕まる | 1 | 3.48 |
| 王国 | 1 | 2.54 |
| はっきり | 1 | 3.06 |
| 触れ合う | 1 | 4.26 |
| 抜け | 1 | 3.20 |
| 立ち | 1 | 3.49 |
| ３日 | 1 | 3.87 |
| 切る | 1 | 2.91 |
| 変 | 1 | 2.97 |
| 増える | 1 | 2.87 |
| タブー | 1 | 4.98 |
| お腹 | 1 | 3.37 |
| 正しい | 1 | 3.12 |
| 失礼ながら | 1 | 4.68 |
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