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
雰囲気32.89
競い合う34.51
補う33.95
一点張り34.98
物好き34.49
課す34.33
どちらにしても34.33
二回33.82
いとも簡単に34.63
がっかり34.15
何かと33.80
乗り越える33.64
何ぞや35.23
貌34.07
寸でのところで35.17
へし折る34.16
両膝34.66
あっち33.48
お前ら33.22
押しつぶす34.27
敬語33.93
じゃ無いか32.84
はーい33.77
想像通り34.54
背格好34.79
落ち着ける33.66
舞33.88
滑らせる34.80
よく言う34.67
殴る33.17
昂る34.87
心地好い34.83
私ども34.29
尻餅をつく35.07
叱34.08
どうしよう33.29
開き直る34.22
伝統34.15
前方33.44
左遷34.47
農家34.22
あわあわ34.94
一生懸命33.84
杞憂34.21
抱き枕34.68
代償33.85
乞う34.46
会議33.27
身重34.96
幕33.94
癒える34.31
守り33.46
横から33.75
気後れ34.58
名家34.17
一際33.81
船32.84
二種34.97
や否や34.06
陰り34.70
振り払う33.79
過34.56
手槍33.91
口ごもる34.37
輩33.75
嘆く33.87
甘やかす34.01
含み34.23
探り34.11
襟巻き35.16
指摘33.38
卑屈34.54
参道35.44
もういい33.73
案外33.68
丑三つ36.75
咄34.15
姫32.82
胸が痛む34.99
飛び付く34.87
口付け34.38
慈愛34.16
堀34.20
きりきり35.22
土台34.28
解放33.11
鎬35.47
立ちこめる34.89
駆け込む34.16
お方33.78
花街34.89
に連れ33.76
愕然33.94
法要36.18
晴れ着35.34
上向く35.12
荒れ狂う34.30
一文字34.39
ちっぽけ34.46
夢心地35.34

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