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 |
|---|---|---|
| 侍医 | 1 | 4.02 |
| せずに | 1 | 3.22 |
| 但 | 1 | 2.24 |
| ものだから | 1 | 3.61 |
| 若旦那 | 1 | 4.87 |
| 取り戻す | 1 | 3.24 |
| 字 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 拾う | 1 | 3.44 |
| １ | 1 | 2.85 |
| 読み | 1 | 3.20 |
| 病気 | 1 | 3.51 |
| 下土 | 1 | 2.58 |
| 死人 | 1 | 3.99 |
| いつまでも | 1 | 3.47 |
| 裏切り | 1 | 3.97 |
| じゃった | 1 | 3.78 |
| しな | 1 | 3.10 |
| 心 | 1 | 2.57 |
| 見過ごす | 1 | 4.32 |
| じゃあ | 1 | 2.61 |
| 知恵 | 1 | 3.81 |
| 庭内 | 1 | 2.27 |
| 開く | 1 | 2.63 |
| 部屋 | 1 | 2.30 |
| 姑く | 1 | 2.89 |
| お目にかかる | 1 | 4.27 |
| 確かめ | 1 | 3.70 |
| 油断 | 1 | 3.37 |
| トイレ | 1 | 3.70 |
| わね | 1 | 2.77 |
| まんま | 1 | 4.26 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| 學 | 1 | 6.32 |
| 地下 | 1 | 3.08 |
| 今日は | 1 | 2.66 |
| ないと | 1 | 3.06 |
| 事がある | 1 | 2.89 |
| 方たち | 1 | 4.69 |
| 影 | 1 | 2.89 |
| 村中 | 1 | 4.88 |
| 進む | 1 | 2.84 |
| 校長 | 1 | 4.19 |
| とも | 1 | 2.37 |
| 舞い上がる | 1 | 3.92 |
| 名前 | 1 | 2.51 |
| 隅 | 1 | 3.59 |
| 色々 | 1 | 2.52 |
| 逃げて | 1 | 3.41 |
| どうしたの | 1 | 3.34 |
| なんてこと | 1 | 3.56 |
| 喙 | 1 | 4.91 |
| 飛んで | 1 | 3.00 |
| こそ | 1 | 2.75 |
| 慈養 | 1 | 6.45 |
| あらあらあら | 1 | 5.59 |
| 書く | 1 | 2.69 |
| と言い | 1 | 2.96 |
| とく | 1 | 3.39 |
| 描く | 1 | 3.10 |
| 続ける | 1 | 2.56 |
| 動く | 1 | 2.53 |
| ふざける | 1 | 3.70 |
| はっきり | 1 | 3.06 |
| 和煦 | 1 | 5.01 |
| じゃねぇ | 1 | 3.48 |
| ハゲ | 1 | 4.19 |
| 案内者 | 1 | 6.61 |
| 仲間 | 1 | 2.81 |
| 腹いっぱい | 1 | 4.93 |
| トンネル | 1 | 4.11 |
| しかない | 1 | 2.80 |
| 在す | 1 | 2.45 |
| てな | 1 | 3.27 |
| 刻 | 1 | 2.65 |
| 地響き | 1 | 4.27 |
| 覆われ | 1 | 3.82 |
| 仇 | 1 | 3.86 |
| 色んな | 1 | 3.36 |
| 武運 | 1 | 4.57 |
| 生きる | 1 | 3.23 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| 合わせて | 1 | 3.08 |
| 年後 | 1 | 4.14 |
| それじゃ | 1 | 3.39 |
| バンソウコウ | 1 | 7.19 |
| そうですが | 1 | 3.91 |
| 危険 | 1 | 2.75 |
| 撫でる | 1 | 2.95 |
| 離れる | 1 | 2.83 |
| お腹 | 1 | 3.37 |
| イタドリ | 1 | 6.28 |
| 蘭 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 湿る | 1 | 4.03 |
| 捕まえる | 1 | 3.41 |
| 火の海 | 1 | 4.80 |
| とにかく | 1 | 3.04 |
| なすって | 1 | 5.48 |
| 屋根 | 1 | 3.56 |
| 抔 | 1 | 2.04 |
| ３年 | 1 | 4.17 |
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