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 |
|---|---|---|
| お父さん | 1 | 3.30 |
| しっかり | 1 | 2.79 |
| 裏切り | 1 | 3.97 |
| んじゃ | 1 | 2.56 |
| 低位 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 真心 | 1 | 4.99 |
| 何方 | 1 | 4.20 |
| 連れこむ | 1 | 5.88 |
| 沢 | 1 | 4.44 |
| 色々 | 1 | 2.52 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| 老いる | 1 | 4.47 |
| 埋もれる | 1 | 4.10 |
| うわ | 1 | 3.47 |
| 助け | 1 | 3.10 |
| 山野 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 大旦那 | 1 | 4.98 |
| 行ってらっしゃい | 1 | 4.27 |
| とにかく | 1 | 3.04 |
| 挙げた | 1 | 3.28 |
| 確か | 1 | 2.92 |
| そりゃ | 1 | 3.16 |
| せずに | 1 | 3.22 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| 偕老 | 1 | 6.85 |
| パンク | 1 | 4.82 |
| 底荷 | 1 | 2.49 |
| 哭く | 1 | 2.05 |
| 毛虫 | 1 | 5.15 |
| 同罪 | 1 | 4.90 |
| 脇 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 風切り | 1 | 5.96 |
| 惜しい | 1 | 3.67 |
| おいおい | 1 | 3.46 |
| 嫌い | 1 | 3.22 |
| アオサギ | 1 | 6.29 |
| 笑いごと | 1 | 5.31 |
| 心配をかける | 1 | 5.30 |
| しな | 1 | 3.10 |
| にして | 1 | 2.30 |
| 願う | 1 | 3.27 |
| お似合い | 1 | 4.18 |
| 圧死 | 1 | 4.29 |
| 知恵 | 1 | 3.81 |
| 正しい | 1 | 3.12 |
| そしたら | 1 | 3.83 |
| お顔 | 1 | 4.16 |
| 開く | 1 | 2.63 |
| 學 | 1 | 6.32 |
| 別 | 1 | 2.74 |
| 構う | 1 | 3.29 |
| 寂しさ | 1 | 4.20 |
| 強力 | 1 | 3.21 |
| 庭内 | 1 | 2.27 |
| 回る | 1 | 2.52 |
| トイレ | 1 | 3.70 |
| 頭のいい | 1 | 4.86 |
| ホイ | 1 | 5.53 |
| 二位 | 1 | 3.39 |
| 握り | 1 | 3.58 |
| 一度だけ | 1 | 3.95 |
| 可愛い | 1 | 2.81 |
| なさる | 1 | 3.34 |
| じまう | 1 | 4.32 |
| 祖父 | 1 | 3.41 |
| ご馳走さま | 1 | 4.62 |
| 鳥目 | 1 | 5.93 |
| 坊ちゃま | 1 | 4.55 |
| 平和 | 1 | 3.39 |
| よね | 1 | 2.43 |
| あんこ | 1 | 4.97 |
| ひとっ飛び | 1 | 5.18 |
| 敵 | 1 | 2.44 |
| 帰す | 1 | 3.93 |
| 名前 | 1 | 2.51 |
| むむ | 1 | 4.35 |
| 乗りつける | 1 | 5.76 |
| 先祖 | 1 | 3.97 |
| 円 | 1 | 3.34 |
| 豊か | 1 | 3.61 |
| 無きゃ | 1 | 3.95 |
| 勝手に | 1 | 3.04 |
| ムリ | 1 | 4.47 |
| うんと | 1 | 3.95 |
| じゃあ | 1 | 2.61 |
| 物にする | 1 | 4.50 |
| 読みかけ | 1 | 5.44 |
| 口をきく | 1 | 5.14 |
| 夕飯 | 1 | 3.91 |
| 失礼ながら | 1 | 4.68 |
| ご苦労さん | 1 | 4.72 |
| だもの | 1 | 3.76 |
| こいつ | 1 | 2.74 |
| 生き物 | 1 | 3.36 |
| シャケ | 1 | 5.59 |
| 仲直り | 1 | 4.32 |
| 牛缶 | 1 | 7.42 |
| 名 | 1 | 2.55 |
| 見なす | 1 | 4.40 |
| 剔 | 1 | 2.60 |
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