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 |
|---|---|---|
| 隙 | 1 | 3.12 |
| 南無阿弥陀仏 | 1 | 5.43 |
| 怖い | 1 | 2.81 |
| 達者 | 1 | 4.57 |
| 世話 | 1 | 3.45 |
| どうせ | 1 | 3.22 |
| 敵 | 1 | 2.44 |
| で御座います | 1 | 3.39 |
| 旗 | 1 | 3.80 |
| 取り戻す | 1 | 3.24 |
| 夜 | 1 | 2.74 |
| むむ | 1 | 4.35 |
| 丸で | 1 | 2.60 |
| 持ち込む | 1 | 3.57 |
| 何故 | 1 | 2.62 |
| 今夜 | 1 | 3.57 |
| ３年 | 1 | 4.17 |
| さぁ | 1 | 3.31 |
| どう | 1 | 2.34 |
| 千切る | 1 | 5.20 |
| 物断ち | 1 | 4.17 |
| あとを継ぐ | 1 | 6.36 |
| 不通 | 1 | 4.57 |
| ついて来る | 1 | 4.06 |
| すれ違い | 1 | 4.62 |
| その儘 | 1 | 2.51 |
| 動く | 1 | 2.53 |
| に連れて | 1 | 3.40 |
| 低位 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 優しい | 1 | 2.76 |
| トイレ | 1 | 3.70 |
| 変に | 1 | 3.93 |
| よね | 1 | 2.43 |
| 触れ合う | 1 | 4.26 |
| 覗き | 1 | 3.50 |
| あれっ | 1 | 4.54 |
| ４年 | 1 | 4.61 |
| 転校生 | 1 | 4.80 |
| 滅びる | 1 | 3.74 |
| 生きる | 1 | 3.23 |
| 慈養 | 1 | 6.45 |
| 捕まる | 1 | 3.48 |
| ろくでもない | 1 | 4.60 |
| 勿 | 1 | 5.02 |
| 迷路 | 1 | 4.23 |
| 干支 | 1 | 3.94 |
| そこで | 1 | 2.74 |
| 自由 | 1 | 3.33 |
| 割れる | 1 | 3.74 |
| 恐ろしい | 1 | 3.13 |
| 木 | 1 | 2.81 |
| 向き | 1 | 3.61 |
| 先に | 1 | 2.69 |
| あな | 1 | 4.32 |
| 無きゃ | 1 | 3.95 |
| 杉 | 1 | 2.95 |
| 一つ | 1 | 2.53 |
| それを | 1 | 2.10 |
| 弟 | 1 | 3.14 |
| なすって | 1 | 5.48 |
| 終わる | 1 | 2.44 |
| そうですが | 1 | 3.91 |
| 触れ | 1 | 3.33 |
| とる | 1 | 3.14 |
| 箱 | 1 | 3.37 |
| 串刺し | 1 | 4.34 |
| 御名 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 大旦那 | 1 | 4.98 |
| さえ | 1 | 2.89 |
| ３人 | 1 | 3.32 |
| 支え | 1 | 3.37 |
| でっかい | 1 | 4.22 |
| カギ | 1 | 4.67 |
| 世帯 | 1 | 3.83 |
| だい | 1 | 3.56 |
| 確かに | 1 | 2.39 |
| 呪う | 1 | 3.82 |
| 何方 | 1 | 4.20 |
| 館 | 1 | 3.38 |
| つか | 1 | 3.81 |
| 缶 | 1 | 4.43 |
| 七日 | 1 | 2.50 |
| ひと休み | 1 | 5.73 |
| ひとっ飛び | 1 | 5.18 |
| お帰りなさい | 1 | 3.97 |
| して遣る | 1 | 3.56 |
| される | 1 | 2.48 |
| 歓迎 | 1 | 3.56 |
| お積もり | 1 | 4.17 |
| １人で | 1 | 3.95 |
| 閣下 | 1 | 3.41 |
| かしら | 1 | 2.79 |
| 舞い上がる | 1 | 3.92 |
| アオサギ | 1 | 6.29 |
| ムリ | 1 | 4.47 |
| 暮らし | 1 | 3.33 |
| 続ける | 1 | 2.56 |
| 曲がる | 1 | 3.96 |
| その昔 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 下手くそ | 1 | 4.65 |
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