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
鍛え上げる34.19
無表情33.53
かなあ34.14
朝露35.08
自制34.56
引き連れる33.77
駒33.90
古くから34.34
ずい34.62
懲り懲り35.04
はにかむ34.26
伝う33.97
拈り34.48
皸35.78
看板33.87
鬱陶しい33.92
傷手34.57
蓄え34.11
敬語33.93
身を捧げる35.40
哀愁34.75
開眼35.13
やきもき34.93
足す34.25
精33.78
国々34.15
少女32.57
ぼうと35.86
お嬢さん33.84
中心部34.06
口に含む34.69
見比べる34.07
年男36.09
次第33.34
老体34.82
代償33.85
矜恃35.56
夜な夜な34.95
逆立つ34.61
息抜き34.42
輩33.75
失敗作34.58
ははは33.40
ふくらし粉36.23
碁盤35.70
人知れず34.64
類33.25
課す34.33
手際よく34.58
吹き出し34.17
帝33.41
鶏34.04
物足りない34.14
主従34.37
お膳立て34.71
居場所33.65
良さ33.84
二人分34.38
通り道34.66
のらりくらり34.85
で候33.44
あり得ない33.35
探り34.11
筋書き34.67
産婆34.96
為ん方ない37.11
道のり34.16
気の毒34.08
損33.84
騙す33.59
繁盛34.52
大して33.81
椅子33.07
お腹いっぱい34.49
丘33.57
お越し34.30
よじ登る34.47
寸でのところで35.17
ぼそり34.28
軍師34.02
たじろぐ34.29
とっくり35.72
ちろちろ35.32
右腕33.47
冷んやり34.32
会議33.27
従34.14
渾身33.97
乞う34.46
祖先34.52
青33.29
流行らす36.37
纏まった34.11
隙間風35.26
居眠り34.62
繋げる33.94
謂れ33.88
あいつ32.86
後れ毛35.90
前方33.44

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