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
押しつぶす34.27
訊ねる33.99
ほんまもん35.82
涙目33.75
引き下がる34.06
朝露35.08
身を捧げる35.40
旅路34.27
細やか33.95
摸する33.34
微量34.68
愕然33.94
姫32.82
黒髪33.39
鬱34.80
てえ34.38
但し33.11
逃亡33.96
駆け回る34.25
お陰で33.60
分かち34.62
あっ晴れ35.26
律儀34.18
奉る34.46
奉公先35.74
摸擬35.49
国々34.15
落馬34.67
便り34.55
辛抱強い34.95
たし33.84
大して33.81
伝道35.86
言葉にする34.43
悠長34.24
折りたたむ34.73
大違い34.43
錯覚33.81
生き埋め34.89
その実34.43
紫色33.86
始まり33.52
数々33.63
かなあ34.14
湯上り35.43
侵入33.44
月読35.26
枷34.21
会議33.27
竦める33.81
忌々しい33.96
狭し34.33
秋口35.47
お願いいたします34.16
分かれ33.55
極まりない33.97
寝ぼけ眼34.89
一人でに34.92
これ等33.57
昼飯34.26
山盛り34.61
紋様34.17
はにかむ34.26
に連れ33.76
途絶える34.38
静けさ34.37
自らの手で34.66
怠る33.91
震え上がる34.56
御免34.27
所で33.30
こそげる35.81
孵る34.83
祈り33.60
儀式33.40
噴く34.23
お嬢さん33.84
浮世絵35.88
長女34.16
だけでいい34.04
五十日34.07
壮麗34.90
癒える34.31
はみ出る34.89
頭を抱える34.29
身重34.96
によって32.54
荒34.03
月読み37.11
清め34.56
子なし33.78
宴会場34.94
手を叩く34.64
お連れ34.27
重たげ36.02
灯籠35.63
もどかしい34.26
三度34.06
持ち込む33.57
打算34.35

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