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 |
|---|---|---|
| 串刺し | 1 | 4.34 |
| ううん | 1 | 3.63 |
| 背中 | 1 | 2.80 |
| と言い | 1 | 2.96 |
| 消える | 1 | 2.71 |
| 具合 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 剔 | 1 | 2.60 |
| 知らない | 1 | 2.68 |
| 足跡 | 1 | 4.14 |
| 怪しい | 1 | 3.32 |
| 裸芽 | 1 | 3.78 |
| 塞げる | 1 | 5.28 |
| 頼む | 1 | 2.70 |
| される | 1 | 2.48 |
| して遣る | 1 | 3.56 |
| ジャム | 1 | 4.22 |
| んん | 1 | 3.70 |
| 足す | 1 | 4.25 |
| なすって | 1 | 5.48 |
| 引き | 1 | 3.23 |
| タテ | 1 | 5.81 |
| 喰う | 1 | 3.59 |
| ったら | 1 | 3.88 |
| ある日 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 喙 | 1 | 4.91 |
| 豊か | 1 | 3.61 |
| 牛缶 | 1 | 7.42 |
| 嬉しい | 1 | 2.74 |
| たって | 1 | 3.39 |
| 色んな | 1 | 3.36 |
| 雨 | 1 | 3.28 |
| 握り | 1 | 3.58 |
| バンソウコウ | 1 | 7.19 |
| 今夜 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 優しい | 1 | 2.76 |
| こっそり | 1 | 3.49 |
| 深く | 1 | 3.06 |
| へぇ | 1 | 3.58 |
| 刃金 | 1 | 4.75 |
| 二佐 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 挙げた | 1 | 3.28 |
| 古い | 1 | 3.58 |
| その儘 | 1 | 2.51 |
| 匏 | 1 | 4.99 |
| 舞い上がる | 1 | 3.92 |
| 缶 | 1 | 4.43 |
| 変 | 1 | 2.97 |
| 愛す | 1 | 3.65 |
| 人目 | 1 | 3.91 |
| 書く | 1 | 2.69 |
| 息子さん | 1 | 4.53 |
| 苦しむ | 1 | 3.67 |
| 出会う | 1 | 3.16 |
| 間に合わせる | 1 | 5.19 |
| セキセイインコ | 1 | 6.94 |
| 二位 | 1 | 3.39 |
| カギ | 1 | 4.67 |
| 何方 | 1 | 4.20 |
| 碌に | 1 | 3.81 |
| お嬢さん | 1 | 3.84 |
| 滋養 | 1 | 4.95 |
| 何人も | 1 | 3.85 |
| ここん所 | 1 | 5.37 |
| 知恵 | 1 | 3.81 |
| 周り | 1 | 2.77 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| 失う | 1 | 2.75 |
| そうさ | 1 | 3.93 |
| ぐらい | 1 | 2.70 |
| 落とす | 1 | 3.04 |
| 不味い | 1 | 3.21 |
| じゃった | 1 | 3.78 |
| 喪男 | 1 | 3.60 |
| そうですが | 1 | 3.91 |
| ただ今 | 1 | 3.64 |
| 下手くそ | 1 | 4.65 |
| せん | 1 | 3.83 |
| 強力 | 1 | 3.21 |
| 飛んで | 1 | 3.00 |
| まっ白 | 1 | 5.17 |
| お願い | 1 | 2.92 |
| 殿 | 1 | 2.18 |
| ひと思いに | 1 | 5.47 |
| 死人 | 1 | 3.99 |
| 方たち | 1 | 4.69 |
| 遠い | 1 | 3.38 |
| 所か | 1 | 4.31 |
| 効き目 | 1 | 4.77 |
| 少年 | 1 | 2.80 |
| 遅く | 1 | 3.46 |
| 燃える | 1 | 3.43 |
| 上は | 1 | 4.00 |
| 込む | 1 | 3.25 |
| ついて来る | 1 | 4.06 |
| 圧死 | 1 | 4.29 |
| 円 | 1 | 3.34 |
| 樋 | 1 | 4.48 |
| 吸い出す | 1 | 4.99 |
| 母屋 | 1 | 4.36 |
| 後 | 1 | 2.36 |
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