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 |
|---|---|---|
| 何も | 1 | 2.48 |
| ったら | 1 | 3.88 |
| おしまい | 1 | 4.09 |
| 削り | 1 | 4.04 |
| まい | 1 | 3.58 |
| 腹いっぱい | 1 | 4.93 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| この中 | 1 | 3.83 |
| でっかい | 1 | 4.22 |
| 剔 | 1 | 2.60 |
| いやぁ | 1 | 3.76 |
| もう少し | 1 | 3.00 |
| バンソウコウ | 1 | 7.19 |
| 串刺し | 1 | 4.34 |
| 仲直り | 1 | 4.32 |
| 偕老 | 1 | 6.85 |
| 武運 | 1 | 4.57 |
| 下りる | 1 | 3.84 |
| つか | 1 | 3.81 |
| もう一度 | 1 | 3.13 |
| 別 | 1 | 2.74 |
| いやー | 1 | 3.81 |
| 万 | 1 | 3.12 |
| ニコニコ | 1 | 3.89 |
| 二佐 | 1 | 2.98 |
| まさか | 1 | 2.68 |
| 歓迎 | 1 | 3.56 |
| 湿る | 1 | 4.03 |
| いつまでも | 1 | 3.47 |
| 加持 | 1 | 5.07 |
| 笑う | 1 | 2.45 |
| 座り | 1 | 3.58 |
| だもの | 1 | 3.76 |
| 呉れ手 | 1 | 2.75 |
| 見事 | 1 | 3.20 |
| 知らない | 1 | 2.68 |
| こっそり | 1 | 3.49 |
| 物凄い | 1 | 3.53 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| 笑いごと | 1 | 5.31 |
| 篷 | 1 | 4.82 |
| 父親 | 1 | 3.14 |
| どうしたの | 1 | 3.34 |
| 係る | 1 | 3.24 |
| 間違える | 1 | 3.64 |
| 散打 | 1 | 3.67 |
| パンク | 1 | 4.82 |
| 抔 | 1 | 2.04 |
| ハラワタ | 1 | 5.76 |
| 手上げ | 1 | 3.61 |
| お父様 | 1 | 3.32 |
| 先生方 | 1 | 4.47 |
| 耳より | 1 | 6.01 |
| そこで | 1 | 2.74 |
| 今も | 1 | 3.35 |
| お連れ | 1 | 4.27 |
| 勿 | 1 | 5.02 |
| 離れる | 1 | 2.83 |
| さぁ | 1 | 3.31 |
| お腹 | 1 | 3.37 |
| 飯 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 大して | 1 | 3.81 |
| お嬢さん | 1 | 3.84 |
| 死人 | 1 | 3.99 |
| 鉄道 | 1 | 4.37 |
| このまま | 1 | 2.79 |
| 過ぎ | 1 | 3.12 |
| 来 | 1 | 2.47 |
| 構う | 1 | 3.29 |
| 割れ | 1 | 3.80 |
| 低位 | 1 | 2.98 |
| 母上 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 勤労奉仕 | 1 | 6.89 |
| とにかく | 1 | 3.04 |
| 怖い | 1 | 2.81 |
| ３人 | 1 | 3.32 |
| 世帯 | 1 | 3.83 |
| でもない | 1 | 2.85 |
| 隅 | 1 | 3.59 |
| だい | 1 | 3.56 |
| 折れる | 1 | 3.58 |
| 刀伊 | 1 | 3.64 |
| 何と | 1 | 3.05 |
| 旅 | 1 | 3.10 |
| 連れて行く | 1 | 4.00 |
| それに | 1 | 2.23 |
| お方 | 1 | 3.78 |
| される | 1 | 2.48 |
| ずい分 | 1 | 3.33 |
| 滅びる | 1 | 3.74 |
| 歓呼 | 1 | 5.24 |
| シチュー | 1 | 4.12 |
| 手入れ | 1 | 3.12 |
| ひき付ける | 1 | 5.59 |
| 嫌い | 1 | 3.22 |
| 少し | 1 | 2.13 |
| ひと休み | 1 | 5.73 |
| 迷う | 1 | 3.30 |
| そしたら | 1 | 3.83 |
| 飢える | 1 | 4.31 |
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