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 |
|---|---|---|
| 無理 | 1 | 2.63 |
| 求め | 1 | 3.14 |
| として | 1 | 1.89 |
| 重大 | 1 | 3.95 |
| 物断ち | 1 | 4.17 |
| 大水 | 1 | 5.73 |
| たり | 1 | 2.26 |
| いつまでも | 1 | 3.47 |
| 違いない | 1 | 3.16 |
| 所か | 1 | 4.31 |
| 入り口 | 1 | 3.28 |
| いくら | 1 | 3.05 |
| ひと思いに | 1 | 5.47 |
| あとを継ぐ | 1 | 6.36 |
| 油断 | 1 | 3.37 |
| お方 | 1 | 3.78 |
| そうだ | 1 | 2.18 |
| 取り戻す | 1 | 3.24 |
| 印 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 撫でる | 1 | 2.95 |
| どれか | 1 | 4.37 |
| そしたら | 1 | 3.83 |
| 似 | 1 | 3.28 |
| 先生方 | 1 | 4.47 |
| 年後 | 1 | 4.14 |
| さっき | 1 | 2.78 |
| 永き | 1 | 4.78 |
| 弱点 | 1 | 3.62 |
| 並 | 1 | 3.70 |
| 呉れ手 | 1 | 2.75 |
| 駅 | 1 | 3.98 |
| 付いてる | 1 | 3.92 |
| 食わせる | 1 | 4.29 |
| 口実 | 1 | 4.26 |
| 勤労奉仕 | 1 | 6.89 |
| 止まる | 1 | 2.95 |
| 息子さん | 1 | 4.53 |
| で御座います | 1 | 3.39 |
| 慈養 | 1 | 6.45 |
| 幻 | 1 | 3.61 |
| 傷つける | 1 | 3.50 |
| 地下 | 1 | 3.08 |
| 明かり | 1 | 3.50 |
| 遺体 | 1 | 3.87 |
| しかない | 1 | 2.80 |
| ばっかり | 1 | 3.54 |
| 夢 | 1 | 2.91 |
| ３年 | 1 | 4.17 |
| 読み | 1 | 3.20 |
| 足跡 | 1 | 4.14 |
| 一つ | 1 | 2.53 |
| たどり着く | 1 | 3.62 |
| 場所 | 1 | 2.27 |
| 落とす | 1 | 3.04 |
| すな | 1 | 5.25 |
| 宛て | 1 | 4.61 |
| 背中 | 1 | 2.80 |
| 連れこむ | 1 | 5.88 |
| こら | 1 | 3.74 |
| して遣る | 1 | 3.56 |
| お守 | 1 | 5.36 |
| 解体 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 覆われ | 1 | 3.82 |
| 初めて | 1 | 2.64 |
| 暮らし | 1 | 3.33 |
| ゲタ | 1 | 5.47 |
| 手入れ | 1 | 3.12 |
| 深く | 1 | 3.06 |
| お父さん | 1 | 3.30 |
| あんな | 1 | 2.93 |
| やあ | 1 | 3.89 |
| 敵 | 1 | 2.44 |
| 何とぞ | 1 | 4.94 |
| 恐ろしい | 1 | 3.13 |
| 塞げる | 1 | 5.28 |
| 失礼ながら | 1 | 4.68 |
| 障る | 1 | 4.33 |
| 感謝 | 1 | 2.96 |
| のさばる | 1 | 5.20 |
| シチュー | 1 | 4.12 |
| 雷 | 1 | 3.06 |
| 串刺し | 1 | 4.34 |
| 申し訳 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 何も | 1 | 2.48 |
| 預ける | 1 | 3.74 |
| 島 | 1 | 3.06 |
| 髪 | 1 | 2.71 |
| 腹いっぱい | 1 | 4.93 |
| 帝国 | 1 | 2.71 |
| 表玄関 | 1 | 5.90 |
| 合う | 1 | 2.87 |
| 人目 | 1 | 3.91 |
| こうやって | 1 | 3.68 |
| 何かと | 1 | 3.80 |
| き | 1 | 3.28 |
| 懸 | 1 | 2.62 |
| 風切り | 1 | 5.96 |
| ある日 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 迷う | 1 | 3.30 |
| 明るい | 1 | 3.19 |
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