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 |
|---|---|---|
| ハラワタ | 1 | 5.76 |
| 在す | 1 | 2.45 |
| 後悔 | 1 | 3.30 |
| 奪い合う | 1 | 4.75 |
| え | 1 | 2.39 |
| ないと | 1 | 3.06 |
| わけには行かない | 1 | 3.35 |
| 上は | 1 | 4.00 |
| その昔 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 千切る | 1 | 5.20 |
| 殿 | 1 | 2.18 |
| 先生方 | 1 | 4.47 |
| 降って | 1 | 3.71 |
| 勿 | 1 | 5.02 |
| 下土 | 1 | 2.58 |
| 寺 | 1 | 4.14 |
| だに | 1 | 3.94 |
| 圧死 | 1 | 4.29 |
| 最後まで | 1 | 3.43 |
| 杉 | 1 | 2.95 |
| 物断ち | 1 | 4.17 |
| もう少し | 1 | 3.00 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| ばっかり | 1 | 3.54 |
| ずつ | 1 | 3.48 |
| 矢じり | 1 | 5.13 |
| 塗り潰し | 1 | 5.21 |
| お休み | 1 | 3.72 |
| 苦しむ | 1 | 3.67 |
| 乗りつける | 1 | 5.76 |
| に連れて | 1 | 3.40 |
| だんだん | 1 | 3.78 |
| 障る | 1 | 4.33 |
| 預ける | 1 | 3.74 |
| 吸う | 1 | 3.47 |
| 遺体 | 1 | 3.87 |
| 父 | 1 | 2.83 |
| 串刺し | 1 | 4.34 |
| お守り | 1 | 3.91 |
| 越える | 1 | 3.59 |
| 色んな | 1 | 3.36 |
| 知らない | 1 | 2.68 |
| カギ | 1 | 4.67 |
| 病気 | 1 | 3.51 |
| 梃 | 1 | 3.64 |
| 触れ合う | 1 | 4.26 |
| 今も | 1 | 3.35 |
| 校長 | 1 | 4.19 |
| 出っぱり | 1 | 5.66 |
| 見送る | 1 | 3.37 |
| 物にする | 1 | 4.50 |
| 儂 | 1 | 3.13 |
| 喰う | 1 | 3.59 |
| なさる | 1 | 3.34 |
| うんと | 1 | 3.95 |
| 申し訳 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 刻 | 1 | 2.65 |
| 変 | 1 | 2.97 |
| 舞い上がる | 1 | 3.92 |
| 襲う | 1 | 2.75 |
| 底荷 | 1 | 2.49 |
| 描く | 1 | 3.10 |
| 脱出 | 1 | 3.49 |
| そしたら | 1 | 3.83 |
| いつまでも | 1 | 3.47 |
| 隅 | 1 | 3.59 |
| 王国 | 1 | 2.54 |
| 平気 | 1 | 3.56 |
| アオサギ | 1 | 6.29 |
| その儘 | 1 | 2.51 |
| 蘭 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 書く | 1 | 2.69 |
| 刃金 | 1 | 4.75 |
| 出会う | 1 | 3.16 |
| 慣れ | 1 | 3.18 |
| 素敵 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 一手 | 1 | 2.89 |
| 奇麗 | 1 | 3.70 |
| 乗る | 1 | 2.77 |
| 腹いっぱい | 1 | 4.93 |
| 頼む | 1 | 2.70 |
| 鍛冶屋 | 1 | 4.06 |
| 一反 | 1 | 3.87 |
| 大いなる | 1 | 4.14 |
| 狙い | 1 | 3.28 |
| 古い | 1 | 3.58 |
| 鋼 | 1 | 3.50 |
| とも | 1 | 2.37 |
| 御名 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 見過ごす | 1 | 4.32 |
| でっかい | 1 | 4.22 |
| 道理で | 1 | 4.11 |
| 小さな | 1 | 2.71 |
| 嬉しい | 1 | 2.74 |
| 打破 | 1 | 4.35 |
| トイレ | 1 | 3.70 |
| 寒い | 1 | 3.54 |
| ご馳走さま | 1 | 4.62 |
| 碌に | 1 | 3.81 |
| 会う | 1 | 2.62 |
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