The Bride of the Hearth

(or "The Hearth's Bride" / "The Kamado Bride")

The Bride of the Hearth (or "The Hearth's Bride" / "The Kamado Bride")

紫 はなな

Shikako married into a family of onmyoji as a concubine. However, Shikako could neither see yokai nor hear the sounds of houses settling—she had no spiritual power at all. Deemed unsuitable as a concubine, she was cast out from the master's bedchamber on her wedding night, and from then on, she was assigned to tend the stove. Since it was a task her husband had given her, Shikako never left the stove. Because she stayed by it so constantly, everyone came to call her "the stove's bride." In time, she learns of the onmyoji household's customs and the mission assigned to her. As she faces these challenges, Shikako earnestly continues to make sweets. Around the stove, yokai who love sweet things loiter about, loitering still. Both humans and gods are sweetly won over by sugar. This is that kind of story. [It has been published as a book by Enterbrain.]

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Statistics

Chapters 120
Reading Time
48 min
Words 249,042
Sentences 25,247
Characters 465,281
Unique Words 16,396
1-Occurrence Words
6,212
Unique Kanji 2,617
1-Occurrence Kanji
292
Avg Word Difficulty 2.43
Avg Sentence Length 9.9

Word List (16,396 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
手間暇14.92
幸いなことに14.28
悪態14.13
幻覚14.10
豪語14.65
当日13.91
鼻垂れ16.46
深まる14.21
切り裂く13.43
全然13.10
隣り14.37
溶く14.93
童男13.91
薄日16.36
準備万端14.60
山中14.43
流動的15.21
決まり事15.01
階段を登る15.31
剝がす14.92
おかげ様で14.46
眦14.91
着付け14.83
寝不足14.43
烏兎14.54
凶14.42
風を吹かす16.24
ぼうっと14.41
訣別16.18
泥棒猫15.16
微睡み15.06
産気づく15.50
翌月15.61
不貞腐れ14.95
世話になる14.74
鋳造14.70
ゆらり15.08
看取る14.92
一つ二つ14.86
婿13.95
心を動かす15.35
書き出す15.07
付近13.43
小麦色15.01
紙一枚15.76
身だしなみ14.66
三つ指15.54
人様14.47
お召し15.10
うり坊15.98
何にせよ13.96
渦巻く13.90
手頃14.44
搾り出す15.02
焼け焦げ14.85
目玉が飛び出る15.66
美酒15.11
泣き付く15.30
隔靴掻痒16.89
丸裸14.95
焼き尽くす14.57
掃討14.27
最高13.21
其れも其のはず14.42
三本足15.51
折々15.54
淵14.33
目くじら15.29
昏れる15.61
止まない14.63
微醺14.69
うろつく14.21
立ち往生14.94
武力14.02
人助け14.61
横向き14.83
隈なく14.65
帰還13.35
他所者15.69
面妖15.21
据え置く15.50
恩人14.10
仕立てる14.63
ちょくちょく14.37
製造業15.56
中てる14.84
しゃあしゃあ16.02
座り心地14.86
子を宿す15.96
霞む14.20
習い14.30
食べごろ15.69
磯の香り15.63
捻くれる14.93
俳句15.04
一まとめ14.99
のみ込む15.26
冷やかし14.72
哀しい14.50
聞き上手15.38
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