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
蝿35.06
心地33.80
寸でのところで35.17
忠告33.72
捨て置く34.55
身を捧げる35.40
であるからして34.79
お休みなさい34.33
苦肉の策34.88
走り回る34.02
取りこぼす34.84
鳥33.14
以降33.32
電流34.48
ぱたぱた35.49
湯上り35.43
直後33.18
欲する34.38
枷34.21
選り分ける35.28
飛び付く34.87
賊33.73
拠り所34.93
月読み37.11
目板33.85
核33.41
限界33.15
ほほほ34.74
身罷る35.41
鍛え上げる34.19
精33.78
稼げる33.86
眼窩34.69
手解き35.16
膨らます34.97
静けさ34.37
藤袴36.66
分量34.48
祟り34.92
口付け34.38
ほんまもん35.82
擦り寄る34.59
抱き合う34.27
あたふた34.52
ふくらし粉36.23
滞る34.49
こと切れる35.47
子どもたち34.07
お方33.78
そこはかとなく34.80
悪化33.91
瓣36.61
食べ方34.49
口内34.37
気の毒34.08
仲直り34.32
屑34.22
この上34.54
繋げる33.94
強まる34.38
漲る34.30
知れ渡る34.22
奉公先35.74
晴れ着35.34
詫び34.31
どこにもない34.31
見比べる34.07
把握33.17
出掛ける34.10
入り浸り35.52
で候33.44
北風35.16
無数33.32
毎夕36.57
含み34.23
足す34.25
出来れば33.04
遠巻き34.12
舌鼓34.62
櫛34.56
あざとい34.64
喧々36.06
但し33.11
察し33.45
一際33.81
一人でに34.92
湧き出る34.35
筈がない33.40
妖力35.11
お湯33.74
おこがましい34.55
ざら35.04
折りたたむ34.73
ご苦労様34.33
通り過ぎる33.65
ちゃいます34.08
突っこむ34.63
流れ込む33.96
使い果たす34.41
三度34.06

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