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 |
|---|---|---|
| 持ち込む | 1 | 3.57 |
| お願い | 1 | 2.92 |
| 戻り | 1 | 3.40 |
| 心 | 1 | 2.57 |
| お嬢さん | 1 | 3.84 |
| 求め | 1 | 3.14 |
| え | 1 | 2.39 |
| 階段 | 1 | 3.20 |
| 下りる | 1 | 3.84 |
| やあ | 1 | 3.89 |
| 変 | 1 | 2.97 |
| 開く | 1 | 2.63 |
| 殿 | 1 | 2.18 |
| べ | 1 | 3.49 |
| じまう | 1 | 4.32 |
| 圧死 | 1 | 4.29 |
| ひき付ける | 1 | 5.59 |
| 篷 | 1 | 4.82 |
| 親方 | 1 | 3.75 |
| 迷う | 1 | 3.30 |
| 為に | 1 | 2.22 |
| 若旦那 | 1 | 4.87 |
| 周り | 1 | 2.77 |
| 燃す | 1 | 5.85 |
| 風切り | 1 | 5.96 |
| ドーン | 1 | 4.57 |
| 心配をかける | 1 | 5.30 |
| １人 | 1 | 3.47 |
| ざわめく | 1 | 4.24 |
| 醜い | 1 | 3.92 |
| 預ける | 1 | 3.74 |
| 通路 | 1 | 3.23 |
| であります | 1 | 3.78 |
| 彼ら | 1 | 2.47 |
| 狙い | 1 | 3.28 |
| 乱 | 1 | 3.85 |
| なんてこと | 1 | 3.56 |
| 変に | 1 | 3.93 |
| そんなに | 1 | 2.88 |
| おまけに | 1 | 3.78 |
| 字 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 足す | 1 | 4.25 |
| 疲れる | 1 | 3.75 |
| 係る | 1 | 3.24 |
| お父さん | 1 | 3.30 |
| 父 | 1 | 2.83 |
| 遅く | 1 | 3.46 |
| 牛缶 | 1 | 7.42 |
| して遣る | 1 | 3.56 |
| こいつ | 1 | 2.74 |
| 干上がる | 1 | 4.98 |
| ったら | 1 | 3.88 |
| トンネル | 1 | 4.11 |
| いつまでも | 1 | 3.47 |
| 母上 | 1 | 3.60 |
| によって | 1 | 2.54 |
| 父親 | 1 | 3.14 |
| 呪う | 1 | 3.82 |
| これから | 1 | 2.69 |
| ません | 1 | 3.24 |
| イタッ | 1 | 5.54 |
| きんき | 1 | 6.69 |
| 読みかけ | 1 | 5.44 |
| だらけ | 1 | 3.54 |
| 食わせる | 1 | 4.29 |
| 帰す | 1 | 3.93 |
| 明るい | 1 | 3.19 |
| 暮らし | 1 | 3.33 |
| 助け | 1 | 3.10 |
| 殺生 | 1 | 4.83 |
| 名 | 1 | 2.55 |
| 前に | 1 | 2.25 |
| 作り | 1 | 3.14 |
| 挟む | 1 | 3.31 |
| 無理 | 1 | 2.63 |
| 五日 | 1 | 3.24 |
| ワッ | 1 | 5.76 |
| 多く | 1 | 2.66 |
| 支え | 1 | 3.37 |
| 間に合わせる | 1 | 5.19 |
| 下土 | 1 | 2.58 |
| 道理で | 1 | 4.11 |
| 敵 | 1 | 2.44 |
| 生きる | 1 | 3.23 |
| はっきり | 1 | 3.06 |
| さよなら | 1 | 4.48 |
| 怒る | 1 | 2.88 |
| 現れる | 1 | 2.76 |
| 明かり | 1 | 3.50 |
| 子どもたち | 1 | 4.07 |
| 制限 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 悲しみ | 1 | 3.79 |
| 実 | 1 | 3.37 |
| 事はない | 1 | 2.83 |
| やって見る | 1 | 4.07 |
| に決まっている | 1 | 4.04 |
| 村中 | 1 | 4.88 |
| 溢れる | 1 | 3.55 |
| 乗りつける | 1 | 5.76 |
| 喜んで | 1 | 3.23 |
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