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
呼び覚ます14.87
傘屋16.53
コツ14.11
もろ手15.58
複雑怪奇14.94
あっという間14.47
やり過ごす14.23
欝15.51
蘭画14.34
本年14.96
黒子14.87
不格好14.70
変わり者14.45
仕付け17.05
夏季14.05
むかし話17.11
そうじゃなくて14.17
立ち塞がる14.20
山鳥15.20
座す14.33
池水16.99
詰まらぬ14.87
気疲れ14.87
突14.52
凝り固まる14.83
不自由14.07
先立って15.16
食べ物13.50
栗まんじゅう16.81
抱き込む14.78
笑いとばす16.30
何時もながら14.90
朝っぱらから14.77
笑む14.57
切り裂く13.43
輪禍17.59
単に13.46
其処14.24
時候の挨拶15.74
論議15.35
間髪入れず14.34
たるや14.59
牢屋14.05
頂ける13.53
神格化15.00
憧れの的15.33
一指16.30
自由の身14.92
置きに14.91
最大13.23
日陰14.60
ぴこぴこ15.75
老け14.90
宮仕え15.24
ぽたり14.95
世途14.83
毛頭14.94
脱兎の如く15.19
口出し14.21
売り場14.75
そうにない13.74
寂しげ14.45
貞14.81
かけ声14.95
手に入る13.80
無駄にしない14.86
屋台13.39
創り出す14.33
苦行14.69
突如13.69
ぬるり15.03
堅い14.07
悪質14.63
精神13.21
人懐っこい14.53
朦朧14.37
ぼっと15.12
睨み合い14.56
途切れ14.16
かび16.06
猫をかぶる16.24
ぴりり15.48
英雄譚14.53
二胡14.01
命にかえても16.11
一層の事16.14
氷雪14.42
事の発端15.00
近況報告15.02
心ここにあらず15.09
相合い傘15.96
出回り15.23
棒状14.88
今ごろ14.88
捩じれ16.06
たれ込む16.25
続々14.22
困惑13.35
大規模13.59
拾いあげる15.92

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