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 |
|---|---|---|
| 一欠片 | 1 | 4.90 |
| ご馳走さまでした | 1 | 4.73 |
| 返す | 1 | 2.90 |
| 和煦 | 1 | 5.01 |
| 読みかけ | 1 | 5.44 |
| 絶対に | 1 | 2.91 |
| 強力 | 1 | 3.21 |
| 明かり | 1 | 3.50 |
| 無理 | 1 | 2.63 |
| ぐらい | 1 | 2.70 |
| 確かめ | 1 | 3.70 |
| じゃねぇ | 1 | 3.48 |
| 見過ごす | 1 | 4.32 |
| ご苦労さん | 1 | 4.72 |
| かしら | 1 | 2.79 |
| ひとっ飛び | 1 | 5.18 |
| 物凄い | 1 | 3.53 |
| 立て | 1 | 3.46 |
| 燃す | 1 | 5.85 |
| 怒る | 1 | 2.88 |
| 摸する | 1 | 3.34 |
| 汚 | 1 | 4.68 |
| 違いない | 1 | 3.16 |
| 字 | 1 | 3.69 |
| 最早 | 1 | 3.03 |
| そうですが | 1 | 3.91 |
| 感謝 | 1 | 2.96 |
| ません | 1 | 3.24 |
| プンプン | 1 | 4.81 |
| 匏 | 1 | 4.99 |
| 連れこむ | 1 | 5.88 |
| 割れ | 1 | 3.80 |
| 少し | 1 | 2.13 |
| 行ける | 1 | 3.40 |
| 地獄 | 1 | 3.43 |
| 隅 | 1 | 3.59 |
| 王国 | 1 | 2.54 |
| さっき | 1 | 2.78 |
| 腰 | 1 | 2.88 |
| 為に | 1 | 2.22 |
| 婆や | 1 | 5.05 |
| に連れて | 1 | 3.40 |
| 座り | 1 | 3.58 |
| 屋根 | 1 | 3.56 |
| ご覧なさい | 1 | 4.77 |
| トイレ | 1 | 3.70 |
| つわり | 1 | 5.28 |
| 蘭 | 1 | 3.73 |
| まんま | 1 | 4.26 |
| 一反 | 1 | 3.87 |
| 書く | 1 | 2.69 |
| 築く | 1 | 3.67 |
| ずい分 | 1 | 3.33 |
| 喜んで | 1 | 3.23 |
| なんてこと | 1 | 3.56 |
| 気がつく | 1 | 3.38 |
| 会う | 1 | 2.62 |
| さよなら | 1 | 4.48 |
| 唱歌 | 1 | 4.26 |
| 折れる | 1 | 3.58 |
| 万 | 1 | 3.12 |
| 地下 | 1 | 3.08 |
| いやぁ | 1 | 3.76 |
| やん | 1 | 3.79 |
| いくら | 1 | 3.05 |
| 喰う | 1 | 3.59 |
| の様に | 1 | 2.34 |
| 印 | 1 | 3.69 |
| させる | 1 | 2.36 |
| 眞 | 1 | 4.71 |
| 元気 | 1 | 3.07 |
| 七日 | 1 | 2.50 |
| あな | 1 | 4.32 |
| 運命 | 1 | 3.35 |
| 圧死 | 1 | 4.29 |
| 威張る | 1 | 4.68 |
| 弱点 | 1 | 3.62 |
| 引き | 1 | 3.23 |
| がね | 1 | 3.58 |
| に決まっている | 1 | 4.04 |
| 尊い | 1 | 4.27 |
| ジャム | 1 | 4.22 |
| もたらす | 1 | 3.48 |
| 並 | 1 | 3.70 |
| 吸い出す | 1 | 4.99 |
| として | 1 | 1.89 |
| 履きもの | 1 | 7.42 |
| き | 1 | 3.28 |
| 多く | 1 | 2.66 |
| 色んな | 1 | 3.36 |
| キーッ | 1 | 5.89 |
| なさる | 1 | 3.34 |
| まっ白 | 1 | 5.17 |
| ながら | 1 | 1.91 |
| 心 | 1 | 2.57 |
| 何とぞ | 1 | 4.94 |
| 仲直り | 1 | 4.32 |
| 案内者 | 1 | 6.61 |
| 殿 | 1 | 2.18 |
| 御名 | 1 | 3.60 |
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