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 |
|---|---|---|
| 越える | 1 | 3.59 |
| 慈養 | 1 | 6.45 |
| それに | 1 | 2.23 |
| 何時でも | 1 | 3.33 |
| 連れて行く | 1 | 4.00 |
| どうやら | 1 | 2.64 |
| 山野 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 息子さん | 1 | 4.53 |
| 仲直り | 1 | 4.32 |
| 平気 | 1 | 3.56 |
| ひかり | 1 | 4.77 |
| お方 | 1 | 3.78 |
| 缶 | 1 | 4.43 |
| ハラワタ | 1 | 5.76 |
| おいおい | 1 | 3.46 |
| いやー | 1 | 3.81 |
| 不味い | 1 | 3.21 |
| もう少し | 1 | 3.00 |
| ３年 | 1 | 4.17 |
| それを | 1 | 2.10 |
| 生きる | 1 | 3.23 |
| 何も | 1 | 2.48 |
| 夜 | 1 | 2.74 |
| 小さな | 1 | 2.71 |
| 上は | 1 | 4.00 |
| 晴れ渡る | 1 | 4.74 |
| 拾う | 1 | 3.44 |
| お目にかかる | 1 | 4.27 |
| 挙げた | 1 | 3.28 |
| いやぁ | 1 | 3.76 |
| こら | 1 | 3.74 |
| 下げ | 1 | 3.17 |
| 抔 | 1 | 2.04 |
| イタドリ | 1 | 6.28 |
| 寂しさ | 1 | 4.20 |
| なさる | 1 | 3.34 |
| 可哀そう | 1 | 4.05 |
| 方たち | 1 | 4.69 |
| 助け | 1 | 3.10 |
| 頼む | 1 | 2.70 |
| 矢じり | 1 | 5.13 |
| ある日 | 1 | 3.73 |
| ないと | 1 | 3.06 |
| とく | 1 | 3.39 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| 歩度 | 1 | 2.23 |
| 入り口 | 1 | 3.28 |
| であります | 1 | 3.78 |
| ウッ | 1 | 4.62 |
| ひと思いに | 1 | 5.47 |
| 世帯 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 時代 | 1 | 3.09 |
| 連れこむ | 1 | 5.88 |
| 箱 | 1 | 3.37 |
| いざ | 1 | 3.58 |
| 傷つける | 1 | 3.50 |
| さよなら | 1 | 4.48 |
| 梃 | 1 | 3.64 |
| え | 1 | 2.39 |
| そうさ | 1 | 3.93 |
| 彼ら | 1 | 2.47 |
| 喙 | 1 | 4.91 |
| 打破 | 1 | 4.35 |
| 履きもの | 1 | 7.42 |
| 地獄 | 1 | 3.43 |
| こそ | 1 | 2.75 |
| 見過ごす | 1 | 4.32 |
| たん | 1 | 3.48 |
| 吸う | 1 | 3.47 |
| 下がる | 1 | 3.19 |
| 弱点 | 1 | 3.62 |
| 今夜 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 同罪 | 1 | 4.90 |
| 髪 | 1 | 2.71 |
| 和煦 | 1 | 5.01 |
| 二位 | 1 | 3.39 |
| 喜んで | 1 | 3.23 |
| させる | 1 | 2.36 |
| 燃す | 1 | 5.85 |
| 樋 | 1 | 4.48 |
| がし | 1 | 3.14 |
| ません | 1 | 3.24 |
| 絶対に | 1 | 2.91 |
| 借りる | 1 | 3.60 |
| 覆われ | 1 | 3.82 |
| 案内者 | 1 | 6.61 |
| 綱具 | 1 | 4.63 |
| さぁ | 1 | 3.31 |
| にして | 1 | 2.30 |
| 何かと | 1 | 3.80 |
| １人で | 1 | 3.95 |
| 外囲 | 1 | 3.11 |
| 増える | 1 | 2.87 |
| お守 | 1 | 5.36 |
| 下土 | 1 | 2.58 |
| ざわめく | 1 | 4.24 |
| まっ白 | 1 | 5.17 |
| 頻りに | 1 | 4.15 |
| 深く | 1 | 3.06 |
| 買い出し | 1 | 4.37 |
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