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 |
|---|---|---|
| 明け方 | 1 | 4.63 |
| 下りる | 1 | 3.84 |
| と言い | 1 | 2.96 |
| ２本 | 1 | 4.13 |
| たん | 1 | 3.48 |
| 素人 | 1 | 3.52 |
| わっ | 1 | 3.63 |
| 障る | 1 | 4.33 |
| どうして | 1 | 2.71 |
| そうさ | 1 | 3.93 |
| 足す | 1 | 4.25 |
| 落とす | 1 | 3.04 |
| そうですが | 1 | 3.91 |
| 手放す | 1 | 3.83 |
| 時々 | 1 | 3.53 |
| 代わりばんこに | 1 | 6.26 |
| 最早 | 1 | 3.03 |
| クソッ | 1 | 4.20 |
| 山野 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 遅く | 1 | 3.46 |
| ３年 | 1 | 4.17 |
| 旅 | 1 | 3.10 |
| 男 | 1 | 2.13 |
| 和煦 | 1 | 5.01 |
| 懸 | 1 | 2.62 |
| 小僧 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 読みかけ | 1 | 5.44 |
| だい | 1 | 3.56 |
| こっそり | 1 | 3.49 |
| 真心 | 1 | 4.99 |
| イタッ | 1 | 5.54 |
| 書く | 1 | 2.69 |
| 今日は | 1 | 2.66 |
| 抜け | 1 | 3.20 |
| それを | 1 | 2.10 |
| お父さん | 1 | 3.30 |
| 娘 | 1 | 2.68 |
| 吸い出す | 1 | 4.99 |
| 降って | 1 | 3.71 |
| 止まる | 1 | 2.95 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| 沢 | 1 | 4.44 |
| 終わる | 1 | 2.44 |
| 鳥目 | 1 | 5.93 |
| 頻りに | 1 | 4.15 |
| 便所 | 1 | 4.73 |
| 校長 | 1 | 4.19 |
| お守 | 1 | 5.36 |
| せん | 1 | 3.83 |
| き | 1 | 3.28 |
| 刻 | 1 | 2.65 |
| 了い | 1 | 3.04 |
| ありがと | 1 | 3.60 |
| １ | 1 | 2.85 |
| もたらす | 1 | 3.48 |
| 可哀そう | 1 | 4.05 |
| 物凄い | 1 | 3.53 |
| 惜しい | 1 | 3.67 |
| 在す | 1 | 2.45 |
| 触れ | 1 | 3.33 |
| ひとり言 | 1 | 5.14 |
| 二佐 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 塞げる | 1 | 5.28 |
| 大水 | 1 | 5.73 |
| 溢れる | 1 | 3.55 |
| あらあらあら | 1 | 5.59 |
| お似合い | 1 | 4.18 |
| すれ違い | 1 | 4.62 |
| 捕まえる | 1 | 3.41 |
| 心配をかける | 1 | 5.30 |
| 虫 | 1 | 3.44 |
| お休み | 1 | 3.72 |
| 耳より | 1 | 6.01 |
| 殺生 | 1 | 4.83 |
| じゃねぇ | 1 | 3.48 |
| シー | 1 | 4.91 |
| 怖い | 1 | 2.81 |
| 過ぎ | 1 | 3.12 |
| 奉公 | 1 | 4.79 |
| ずい分 | 1 | 3.33 |
| 地獄 | 1 | 3.43 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| 奇麗 | 1 | 3.70 |
| 色んな | 1 | 3.36 |
| 雷 | 1 | 3.06 |
| 進む | 1 | 2.84 |
| 串刺し | 1 | 4.34 |
| バンソウコウ | 1 | 7.19 |
| 違いない | 1 | 3.16 |
| 挙げた | 1 | 3.28 |
| え | 1 | 2.39 |
| される | 1 | 2.48 |
| 産み | 1 | 4.57 |
| に決まっている | 1 | 4.04 |
| 旗 | 1 | 3.80 |
| の様に | 1 | 2.34 |
| 缶 | 1 | 4.43 |
| 閣下 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 匏 | 1 | 4.99 |
| 拾う | 1 | 3.44 |
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