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 |
|---|---|---|
| セキセイインコ | 1 | 6.94 |
| ハラワタ | 1 | 5.76 |
| 何かと | 1 | 3.80 |
| お守 | 1 | 5.36 |
| 三 | 1 | 2.74 |
| 晴れ渡る | 1 | 4.74 |
| 間違える | 1 | 3.64 |
| 割れる | 1 | 3.74 |
| よね | 1 | 2.43 |
| 離れる | 1 | 2.83 |
| なんてこと | 1 | 3.56 |
| お積もり | 1 | 4.17 |
| 圧死 | 1 | 4.29 |
| やって見る | 1 | 4.07 |
| 車屋 | 1 | 6.15 |
| 作り | 1 | 3.14 |
| 息子さん | 1 | 4.53 |
| トンネル | 1 | 4.11 |
| ずい分 | 1 | 3.33 |
| 炊き込みご飯 | 1 | 5.13 |
| 食わせる | 1 | 4.29 |
| 下手くそ | 1 | 4.65 |
| アハハハ | 1 | 4.64 |
| 離れ | 1 | 3.00 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| 落とす | 1 | 3.04 |
| 手上げ | 1 | 3.61 |
| にも | 1 | 2.03 |
| 若旦那 | 1 | 4.87 |
| 儂 | 1 | 3.13 |
| 立ち | 1 | 3.49 |
| 駅 | 1 | 3.98 |
| キーッ | 1 | 5.89 |
| 歓呼 | 1 | 5.24 |
| でなければならない | 1 | 4.64 |
| あんこ | 1 | 4.97 |
| 何時でも | 1 | 3.33 |
| 解体 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 爺 | 1 | 3.56 |
| 契約 | 1 | 3.12 |
| 村中 | 1 | 4.88 |
| 季節 | 1 | 3.72 |
| １人 | 1 | 3.47 |
| ありがと | 1 | 3.60 |
| 回る | 1 | 2.52 |
| かしら | 1 | 2.79 |
| ハゲ | 1 | 4.19 |
| 送る | 1 | 2.89 |
| 前に | 1 | 2.25 |
| にして | 1 | 2.30 |
| 生える | 1 | 3.27 |
| どこか | 1 | 2.70 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| 障る | 1 | 4.33 |
| 大水 | 1 | 5.73 |
| 素敵 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 上手く | 1 | 2.88 |
| 増える | 1 | 2.87 |
| 一敗 | 1 | 3.30 |
| せん | 1 | 3.83 |
| ひかり | 1 | 4.77 |
| 乗る | 1 | 2.77 |
| 貸し | 1 | 3.38 |
| 少年 | 1 | 2.80 |
| １人で | 1 | 3.95 |
| 影 | 1 | 2.89 |
| 違いない | 1 | 3.16 |
| はーい | 1 | 3.77 |
| 迎え | 1 | 3.35 |
| 汚 | 1 | 4.68 |
| むむ | 1 | 4.35 |
| 係 | 1 | 3.47 |
| 更に | 1 | 2.42 |
| 買い出し | 1 | 4.37 |
| 見事 | 1 | 3.20 |
| 遅く | 1 | 3.46 |
| 付いてる | 1 | 3.92 |
| お守り | 1 | 3.91 |
| あんたら | 1 | 3.98 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| 良い | 1 | 2.17 |
| の様に | 1 | 2.34 |
| 地下 | 1 | 3.08 |
| このまま | 1 | 2.79 |
| 唱歌 | 1 | 4.26 |
| 悲しみ | 1 | 3.79 |
| 館 | 1 | 3.38 |
| 物にする | 1 | 4.50 |
| さよなら | 1 | 4.48 |
| 鋼 | 1 | 3.50 |
| あとを継ぐ | 1 | 6.36 |
| 変に | 1 | 3.93 |
| 耄碌 | 1 | 5.01 |
| 抱え | 1 | 3.09 |
| 印 | 1 | 3.69 |
| グズグズ | 1 | 4.99 |
| 頻りに | 1 | 4.15 |
| ケンカ | 1 | 4.11 |
| 個 | 1 | 3.31 |
| 不味い | 1 | 3.21 |
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