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 |
|---|---|---|
| ざわめく | 1 | 4.24 |
| おいおい | 1 | 3.46 |
| 手放す | 1 | 3.83 |
| 返す | 1 | 2.90 |
| 遺体 | 1 | 3.87 |
| あぁ | 1 | 2.97 |
| 見送る | 1 | 3.37 |
| 抜け | 1 | 3.20 |
| 失礼ながら | 1 | 4.68 |
| 串刺し | 1 | 4.34 |
| 止める | 1 | 2.80 |
| 御名 | 1 | 3.60 |
| せずに | 1 | 3.22 |
| 一度だけ | 1 | 3.95 |
| せい | 1 | 2.98 |
| まっ白 | 1 | 5.17 |
| 万 | 1 | 3.12 |
| 老いる | 1 | 4.47 |
| 敵 | 1 | 2.44 |
| 垂れる | 1 | 4.07 |
| 滅びる | 1 | 3.74 |
| 武運 | 1 | 4.57 |
| 名 | 1 | 2.55 |
| 吸い出す | 1 | 4.99 |
| 消える | 1 | 2.71 |
| 腹いっぱい | 1 | 4.93 |
| 続ける | 1 | 2.56 |
| 大忙し | 1 | 4.63 |
| 素敵 | 1 | 3.41 |
| 同罪 | 1 | 4.90 |
| 怒る | 1 | 2.88 |
| 上は | 1 | 4.00 |
| 更に | 1 | 2.42 |
| どうしたの | 1 | 3.34 |
| 覗き | 1 | 3.50 |
| 疲れる | 1 | 3.75 |
| 見過ごす | 1 | 4.32 |
| 缶 | 1 | 4.43 |
| 彼ら | 1 | 2.47 |
| そりゃ | 1 | 3.16 |
| んん | 1 | 3.70 |
| の様に | 1 | 2.34 |
| 呪う | 1 | 3.82 |
| 障る | 1 | 4.33 |
| ウッ | 1 | 4.62 |
| 刃金 | 1 | 4.75 |
| 脱炭 | 1 | 3.01 |
| とく | 1 | 3.39 |
| ひと休み | 1 | 5.73 |
| ないと | 1 | 3.06 |
| 歩度 | 1 | 2.23 |
| さぁ | 1 | 3.31 |
| 地響き | 1 | 4.27 |
| その儘 | 1 | 2.51 |
| 危険 | 1 | 2.75 |
| 影 | 1 | 2.89 |
| 貸し | 1 | 3.38 |
| かしら | 1 | 2.79 |
| いやー | 1 | 3.81 |
| ２ | 1 | 2.65 |
| 強力 | 1 | 3.21 |
| 全然 | 1 | 3.10 |
| ジャム | 1 | 4.22 |
| うわ | 1 | 3.47 |
| たどり着く | 1 | 3.62 |
| 一手 | 1 | 2.89 |
| ずつ | 1 | 3.48 |
| 履きもの | 1 | 7.42 |
| しかない | 1 | 2.80 |
| 大して | 1 | 3.81 |
| 晴れ渡る | 1 | 4.74 |
| なさる | 1 | 3.34 |
| なんてこと | 1 | 3.56 |
| 燃す | 1 | 5.85 |
| 明かり | 1 | 3.50 |
| ひとっ飛び | 1 | 5.18 |
| 奪い合う | 1 | 4.75 |
| 懸 | 1 | 2.62 |
| ３日 | 1 | 3.87 |
| それじゃ | 1 | 3.39 |
| 変 | 1 | 2.97 |
| 八つ裂き | 1 | 4.79 |
| 無きゃ | 1 | 3.95 |
| １人 | 1 | 3.47 |
| 物凄い | 1 | 3.53 |
| お体 | 1 | 4.76 |
| 込む | 1 | 3.25 |
| 回る | 1 | 2.52 |
| ものだから | 1 | 3.61 |
| ったら | 1 | 3.88 |
| 惜しい | 1 | 3.67 |
| どこか | 1 | 2.70 |
| ４年 | 1 | 4.61 |
| 腫れ | 1 | 4.52 |
| 遠い | 1 | 3.38 |
| 弓 | 1 | 2.92 |
| アオサギ | 1 | 6.29 |
| 確かめ | 1 | 3.70 |
| ろくでもない | 1 | 4.60 |
| タブー | 1 | 4.98 |
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