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 |
|---|---|---|
| 同罪 | 1 | 4.90 |
| と言って | 1 | 2.71 |
| 低位 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 名 | 1 | 2.55 |
| 寂しさ | 1 | 4.20 |
| お蔭で | 1 | 3.05 |
| 手上げ | 1 | 3.61 |
| 苦しむ | 1 | 3.67 |
| ご馳走さまでした | 1 | 4.73 |
| ついて来る | 1 | 4.06 |
| ただ今 | 1 | 3.64 |
| 暮らし | 1 | 3.33 |
| 契約 | 1 | 3.12 |
| たり | 1 | 2.26 |
| ムリ | 1 | 4.47 |
| 変に | 1 | 3.93 |
| いざ | 1 | 3.58 |
| 剔 | 1 | 2.60 |
| まんま | 1 | 4.26 |
| 歓呼 | 1 | 5.24 |
| 怖い | 1 | 2.81 |
| にして | 1 | 2.30 |
| 母屋 | 1 | 4.36 |
| はーい | 1 | 3.77 |
| 夕飯 | 1 | 3.91 |
| 同時 | 1 | 3.64 |
| 転校生 | 1 | 4.80 |
| むむ | 1 | 4.35 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| ちゃんと | 1 | 2.69 |
| 確かめる | 1 | 3.49 |
| 可哀そう | 1 | 4.05 |
| 遺体 | 1 | 3.87 |
| もう一度 | 1 | 3.13 |
| 地獄 | 1 | 3.43 |
| 乗りつける | 1 | 5.76 |
| 手放す | 1 | 3.83 |
| だらけ | 1 | 3.54 |
| ハ | 1 | 4.11 |
| お連れ | 1 | 4.27 |
| 方たち | 1 | 4.69 |
| 笑う | 1 | 2.45 |
| 怪しい | 1 | 3.32 |
| 歓迎 | 1 | 3.56 |
| んん | 1 | 3.70 |
| 喜んで | 1 | 3.23 |
| 垂れる | 1 | 4.07 |
| 學 | 1 | 6.32 |
| 多い | 1 | 2.52 |
| 何人も | 1 | 3.85 |
| わけには行かない | 1 | 3.35 |
| 牛缶 | 1 | 7.42 |
| 干上がる | 1 | 4.98 |
| 握り | 1 | 3.58 |
| 疲れる | 1 | 3.75 |
| ホイ | 1 | 5.53 |
| 下土 | 1 | 2.58 |
| イタドリ | 1 | 6.28 |
| 耄碌 | 1 | 5.01 |
| 偕老 | 1 | 6.85 |
| 産み | 1 | 4.57 |
| 読み | 1 | 3.20 |
| わっ | 1 | 3.63 |
| 但 | 1 | 2.24 |
| 貴重 | 1 | 3.50 |
| お体 | 1 | 4.76 |
| ひとり言 | 1 | 5.14 |
| 弱点 | 1 | 3.62 |
| 部屋 | 1 | 2.30 |
| 火の海 | 1 | 4.80 |
| ふざける | 1 | 3.70 |
| それじゃ | 1 | 3.39 |
| 構う | 1 | 3.29 |
| 如何 | 1 | 3.47 |
| ずい分 | 1 | 3.33 |
| ご苦労さん | 1 | 4.72 |
| 具合 | 1 | 3.52 |
| やった | 1 | 2.95 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| ながら | 1 | 1.91 |
| 大いなる | 1 | 4.14 |
| 杉 | 1 | 2.95 |
| 母上 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 通路 | 1 | 3.23 |
| 坊ちゃま | 1 | 4.55 |
| 万 | 1 | 3.12 |
| 加持 | 1 | 5.07 |
| 制限 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 何もない | 1 | 3.46 |
| 思いっきり | 1 | 3.66 |
| 散打 | 1 | 3.67 |
| つい | 1 | 3.19 |
| このまま | 1 | 2.79 |
| アオサギ | 1 | 6.29 |
| 大して | 1 | 3.81 |
| 木 | 1 | 2.81 |
| お丸 | 1 | 5.27 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| 吸い出す | 1 | 4.99 |
| しかない | 1 | 2.80 |
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