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 |
|---|---|---|
| 若旦那 | 1 | 4.87 |
| お似合い | 1 | 4.18 |
| 地下 | 1 | 3.08 |
| 一反 | 1 | 3.87 |
| 小僧 | 1 | 3.83 |
| ひき付ける | 1 | 5.59 |
| 今日は | 1 | 2.66 |
| たって | 1 | 3.39 |
| 耳より | 1 | 6.01 |
| でもない | 1 | 2.85 |
| 仇 | 1 | 3.86 |
| 履きもの | 1 | 7.42 |
| 耄碌 | 1 | 5.01 |
| 後悔 | 1 | 3.30 |
| じゃう | 1 | 4.07 |
| ご覧なさい | 1 | 4.77 |
| 降って | 1 | 3.71 |
| 象 | 1 | 4.41 |
| 素人 | 1 | 3.52 |
| でっかい | 1 | 4.22 |
| てな | 1 | 3.27 |
| こら | 1 | 3.74 |
| 篷 | 1 | 4.82 |
| 行ってくる | 1 | 3.79 |
| 親方 | 1 | 3.75 |
| 深く | 1 | 3.06 |
| 心 | 1 | 2.57 |
| 喰う | 1 | 3.59 |
| き | 1 | 3.28 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| 哭く | 1 | 2.05 |
| 無理 | 1 | 2.63 |
| 缶 | 1 | 4.43 |
| 止める | 1 | 2.80 |
| 求め | 1 | 3.14 |
| とく | 1 | 3.39 |
| 飛んで | 1 | 3.00 |
| 熟す | 1 | 3.95 |
| 下がる | 1 | 3.19 |
| ギャッ | 1 | 5.17 |
| ある日 | 1 | 3.73 |
| 返す | 1 | 2.90 |
| 塞げる | 1 | 5.28 |
| 古い | 1 | 3.58 |
| 干上がる | 1 | 4.98 |
| え | 1 | 2.39 |
| 滋養 | 1 | 4.95 |
| 脇 | 1 | 3.52 |
| 間違える | 1 | 3.64 |
| 喜んで | 1 | 3.23 |
| 老いる | 1 | 4.47 |
| 忙しい | 1 | 3.14 |
| 旅 | 1 | 3.10 |
| ご馳走さまでした | 1 | 4.73 |
| 子どもたち | 1 | 4.07 |
| 村中 | 1 | 4.88 |
| 館 | 1 | 3.38 |
| 触れ | 1 | 3.33 |
| どうやら | 1 | 2.64 |
| 無きゃ | 1 | 3.95 |
| 気がつく | 1 | 3.38 |
| 切る | 1 | 2.91 |
| 見過ごす | 1 | 4.32 |
| お成り | 1 | 5.19 |
| ものだから | 1 | 3.61 |
| 帰す | 1 | 3.93 |
| 奉公 | 1 | 4.79 |
| きんき | 1 | 6.69 |
| このまま | 1 | 2.79 |
| 散打 | 1 | 3.67 |
| 思いっきり | 1 | 3.66 |
| じゃあ | 1 | 2.61 |
| どうしたの | 1 | 3.34 |
| 初めて | 1 | 2.64 |
| 年後 | 1 | 4.14 |
| 臥する | 1 | 3.59 |
| 触れ合う | 1 | 4.26 |
| 永き | 1 | 4.78 |
| 母屋 | 1 | 4.36 |
| 仲直り | 1 | 4.32 |
| じゃ無いか | 1 | 2.84 |
| 遙かに | 1 | 3.80 |
| 先生方 | 1 | 4.47 |
| かん | 1 | 4.46 |
| 弱点 | 1 | 3.62 |
| あらあらあら | 1 | 5.59 |
| 呪う | 1 | 3.82 |
| 割れ | 1 | 3.80 |
| やって見る | 1 | 4.07 |
| 坊ちゃま | 1 | 4.55 |
| 捕まえる | 1 | 3.41 |
| 吸い出す | 1 | 4.99 |
| まんま | 1 | 4.26 |
| 笑う | 1 | 2.45 |
| 直に | 1 | 4.02 |
| その昔 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 棒 | 1 | 3.51 |
| カギ | 1 | 4.67 |
| じゃった | 1 | 3.78 |
| つい | 1 | 3.19 |
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