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 |
|---|---|---|
| あんたら | 1 | 3.98 |
| 貸し | 1 | 3.38 |
| ないと | 1 | 3.06 |
| プンプン | 1 | 4.81 |
| ドーン | 1 | 4.57 |
| 汚 | 1 | 4.68 |
| 館 | 1 | 3.38 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| 増える | 1 | 2.87 |
| もう少し | 1 | 3.00 |
| 手入れ | 1 | 3.12 |
| さぁ | 1 | 3.31 |
| 爺 | 1 | 3.56 |
| らしい | 1 | 2.54 |
| 嬉しい | 1 | 2.74 |
| ご苦労さん | 1 | 4.72 |
| 地獄 | 1 | 3.43 |
| 立ち | 1 | 3.49 |
| べ | 1 | 3.49 |
| この中 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 宛て | 1 | 4.61 |
| ダシ | 1 | 4.79 |
| 動く | 1 | 2.53 |
| 送る | 1 | 2.89 |
| なすって | 1 | 5.48 |
| 様です | 1 | 2.87 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| 地響き | 1 | 4.27 |
| 怪しい | 1 | 3.32 |
| ご馳走さまでした | 1 | 4.73 |
| 裏山 | 1 | 5.02 |
| 手前 | 1 | 3.33 |
| 不味い | 1 | 3.21 |
| 影 | 1 | 2.89 |
| 代わりばんこに | 1 | 6.26 |
| ません | 1 | 3.24 |
| 切る | 1 | 2.91 |
| 生き物 | 1 | 3.36 |
| ざまあ見ろ | 1 | 4.94 |
| 醜い | 1 | 3.92 |
| 小僧 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 時々 | 1 | 3.53 |
| 南無阿弥陀仏 | 1 | 5.43 |
| 取り戻す | 1 | 3.24 |
| 飛んで | 1 | 3.00 |
| 八つ裂き | 1 | 4.79 |
| 同罪 | 1 | 4.90 |
| なんぞ | 1 | 3.85 |
| 娘 | 1 | 2.68 |
| 燃える | 1 | 3.43 |
| その昔 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 始まる | 1 | 2.93 |
| 遅く | 1 | 3.46 |
| 姑く | 1 | 2.89 |
| 預ける | 1 | 3.74 |
| ハラワタ | 1 | 5.76 |
| 少し | 1 | 2.13 |
| にして | 1 | 2.30 |
| だに | 1 | 3.94 |
| 星 | 1 | 3.09 |
| 虫 | 1 | 3.44 |
| 年後 | 1 | 4.14 |
| 無きゃ | 1 | 3.95 |
| そこで | 1 | 2.74 |
| 寺 | 1 | 4.14 |
| まっ白 | 1 | 5.17 |
| 島 | 1 | 3.06 |
| やって見る | 1 | 4.07 |
| ４年 | 1 | 4.61 |
| 奇麗 | 1 | 3.70 |
| 実 | 1 | 3.37 |
| 円 | 1 | 3.34 |
| つい | 1 | 3.19 |
| ペッ | 1 | 5.37 |
| 会う | 1 | 2.62 |
| 何方 | 1 | 4.20 |
| そうですが | 1 | 3.91 |
| 犯人 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 病気 | 1 | 3.51 |
| 鉄道 | 1 | 4.37 |
| 學 | 1 | 6.32 |
| 下に | 1 | 3.15 |
| 捕まえる | 1 | 3.41 |
| 剔 | 1 | 2.60 |
| 何時でも | 1 | 3.33 |
| ひとっ飛び | 1 | 5.18 |
| 口実 | 1 | 4.26 |
| 不通 | 1 | 4.57 |
| タテ | 1 | 5.81 |
| 何故 | 1 | 2.62 |
| 元気 | 1 | 3.07 |
| 違いない | 1 | 3.16 |
| 平気 | 1 | 3.56 |
| 永き | 1 | 4.78 |
| 変に | 1 | 3.93 |
| 素人 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 髪 | 1 | 2.71 |
| あぁ | 1 | 2.97 |
| じゃん | 1 | 3.55 |
| セキセイインコ | 1 | 6.94 |
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