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 |
|---|---|---|
| 彼ら | 1 | 2.47 |
| たん | 1 | 3.48 |
| 武運 | 1 | 4.57 |
| どこか | 1 | 2.70 |
| 障る | 1 | 4.33 |
| 抜け | 1 | 3.20 |
| 歩度 | 1 | 2.23 |
| 吉報 | 1 | 4.97 |
| 乗りつける | 1 | 5.76 |
| あんな | 1 | 2.93 |
| 素人 | 1 | 3.52 |
| ぐらい | 1 | 2.70 |
| 髪 | 1 | 2.71 |
| あんたら | 1 | 3.98 |
| なさる | 1 | 3.34 |
| 裏山 | 1 | 5.02 |
| ホイ | 1 | 5.53 |
| 心配をかける | 1 | 5.30 |
| 娘 | 1 | 2.68 |
| 挙げた | 1 | 3.28 |
| 梃 | 1 | 3.64 |
| 勝手に | 1 | 3.04 |
| 止める | 1 | 2.80 |
| まい | 1 | 3.58 |
| 傷つける | 1 | 3.50 |
| 授業 | 1 | 3.32 |
| 旗 | 1 | 3.80 |
| 進む | 1 | 2.84 |
| このまま | 1 | 2.79 |
| はーい | 1 | 3.77 |
| 表玄関 | 1 | 5.90 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| 為に | 1 | 2.22 |
| パンク | 1 | 4.82 |
| ううん | 1 | 3.63 |
| 同罪 | 1 | 4.90 |
| 珍しい | 1 | 2.91 |
| じゃあ | 1 | 2.61 |
| シャケ | 1 | 5.59 |
| あんこ | 1 | 4.97 |
| トンネル | 1 | 4.11 |
| 葉 | 1 | 3.51 |
| せん | 1 | 3.83 |
| 七日 | 1 | 2.50 |
| 寒い | 1 | 3.54 |
| 低位 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 跡 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 毛虫 | 1 | 5.15 |
| であります | 1 | 3.78 |
| 連れこむ | 1 | 5.88 |
| 現れる | 1 | 2.76 |
| 星 | 1 | 3.09 |
| 正しい | 1 | 3.12 |
| 閣下 | 1 | 3.41 |
| うわ | 1 | 3.47 |
| 合わせて | 1 | 3.08 |
| お腹 | 1 | 3.37 |
| 何もない | 1 | 3.46 |
| 愛す | 1 | 3.65 |
| 侍医 | 1 | 4.02 |
| 手放す | 1 | 3.83 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| 耳より | 1 | 6.01 |
| ちゃんと | 1 | 2.69 |
| 挟む | 1 | 3.31 |
| 代わりばんこに | 1 | 6.26 |
| 返す | 1 | 2.90 |
| の様に | 1 | 2.34 |
| 子どもたち | 1 | 4.07 |
| 自由 | 1 | 3.33 |
| キンキ | 1 | 7.19 |
| すれ違い | 1 | 4.62 |
| 小僧 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 良い | 1 | 2.17 |
| 腹いっぱい | 1 | 4.93 |
| お父様 | 1 | 3.32 |
| 弟 | 1 | 3.14 |
| あれっ | 1 | 4.54 |
| だい | 1 | 3.56 |
| 過ぎ | 1 | 3.12 |
| 儂 | 1 | 3.13 |
| 触れ | 1 | 3.33 |
| 増える | 1 | 2.87 |
| のさばる | 1 | 5.20 |
| お休み | 1 | 3.72 |
| 妙 | 1 | 3.13 |
| 蘭 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 燃える | 1 | 3.43 |
| 動く | 1 | 2.53 |
| 熟す | 1 | 3.95 |
| 父親 | 1 | 3.14 |
| さえ | 1 | 2.89 |
| 食わせる | 1 | 4.29 |
| やん | 1 | 3.79 |
| 案内者 | 1 | 6.61 |
| 笑う | 1 | 2.45 |
| 母上 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 舞い上がる | 1 | 3.92 |
| 何かと | 1 | 3.80 |
| 笑いごと | 1 | 5.31 |
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