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 |
|---|---|---|
| たどり着く | 1 | 3.62 |
| そりゃ | 1 | 3.16 |
| 摸する | 1 | 3.34 |
| 世話 | 1 | 3.45 |
| とく | 1 | 3.39 |
| 愛す | 1 | 3.65 |
| 呉れ手 | 1 | 2.75 |
| 舞い上がる | 1 | 3.92 |
| こそ | 1 | 2.75 |
| シー | 1 | 4.91 |
| 坊ちゃま | 1 | 4.55 |
| 産み | 1 | 4.57 |
| 全然 | 1 | 3.10 |
| 風切り | 1 | 5.96 |
| 求め | 1 | 3.14 |
| つい | 1 | 3.19 |
| 怪しい | 1 | 3.32 |
| 侍医 | 1 | 4.02 |
| 最後まで | 1 | 3.43 |
| 虫 | 1 | 3.44 |
| 旗 | 1 | 3.80 |
| 階段 | 1 | 3.20 |
| ものだから | 1 | 3.61 |
| 脱出 | 1 | 3.49 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| ところで | 1 | 2.57 |
| 若旦那 | 1 | 4.87 |
| 曲がる | 1 | 3.96 |
| じまう | 1 | 4.32 |
| まい | 1 | 3.58 |
| だらけ | 1 | 3.54 |
| 似 | 1 | 3.28 |
| 髪 | 1 | 2.71 |
| 懸 | 1 | 2.62 |
| 何者 | 1 | 3.64 |
| 御名 | 1 | 3.60 |
| やあ | 1 | 3.89 |
| 赤い | 1 | 2.81 |
| だもの | 1 | 3.76 |
| 便所 | 1 | 4.73 |
| 棒 | 1 | 3.51 |
| このまま | 1 | 2.79 |
| バンソウコウ | 1 | 7.19 |
| 運命 | 1 | 3.35 |
| 口をきく | 1 | 5.14 |
| 埋もれる | 1 | 4.10 |
| 剔 | 1 | 2.60 |
| ホイ | 1 | 5.53 |
| 病気 | 1 | 3.51 |
| 途中 | 1 | 2.94 |
| １人 | 1 | 3.47 |
| 葉 | 1 | 3.51 |
| 抱え | 1 | 3.09 |
| ここん所 | 1 | 5.37 |
| 背中 | 1 | 2.80 |
| 上は | 1 | 4.00 |
| 貴重 | 1 | 3.50 |
| なんてこと | 1 | 3.56 |
| 歓呼 | 1 | 5.24 |
| あらあらあら | 1 | 5.59 |
| 先祖 | 1 | 3.97 |
| 部屋 | 1 | 2.30 |
| 影 | 1 | 2.89 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| 杉 | 1 | 2.95 |
| うんと | 1 | 3.95 |
| お願い | 1 | 2.92 |
| ざわめく | 1 | 4.24 |
| であります | 1 | 3.78 |
| のさばる | 1 | 5.20 |
| 娘 | 1 | 2.68 |
| んん | 1 | 3.70 |
| 大水 | 1 | 5.73 |
| いやー | 1 | 3.81 |
| して遣る | 1 | 3.56 |
| 村中 | 1 | 4.88 |
| 婆や | 1 | 5.05 |
| 牛缶 | 1 | 7.42 |
| 一手 | 1 | 2.89 |
| 手上げ | 1 | 3.61 |
| 珍しい | 1 | 2.91 |
| 神隠し | 1 | 4.86 |
| いえ | 1 | 2.75 |
| 回る | 1 | 2.52 |
| なすって | 1 | 5.48 |
| 乱 | 1 | 3.85 |
| 寄付 | 1 | 4.30 |
| 仲間 | 1 | 2.81 |
| 進む | 1 | 2.84 |
| 作り | 1 | 3.14 |
| 武運 | 1 | 4.57 |
| ません | 1 | 3.24 |
| じゃった | 1 | 3.78 |
| 捕まえる | 1 | 3.41 |
| 思いっきり | 1 | 3.66 |
| ぐらい | 1 | 2.70 |
| 更に | 1 | 2.42 |
| じゃう | 1 | 4.07 |
| 来 | 1 | 2.47 |
| 毛虫 | 1 | 5.15 |
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