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
我が国33.61
おける33.97
超える33.25
居場所33.65
お湯33.74
砕けた34.08
個目34.09
33.04
殴る33.17
はーい33.77
同化34.15
刈り取る34.27
ぽとぽと36.08
黒髪33.39
沈め34.17
闇夜34.41
出逢い35.08
搾り取る34.80
小綺麗35.21
長居34.34
ざら35.04
くるり33.94
身構える34.07
もどかしい34.26
澄み渡る34.88
探しに33.93
交易33.82
宮女36.14
挽く34.81
34.21
滞る34.49
ご馳走さん35.58
伊和33.96
未熟者34.80
心地33.80
四獣35.73
漉す35.53
皆が皆34.63
好物34.32
出店34.30
以降33.32
居られる34.02
つるつる34.85
信用33.34
32.96
両脇34.12
蔑む34.22
揺する34.36
行い33.43
暇つぶし34.34
次期33.76
訳ではありません33.90
降り立つ34.08
左遷34.47
書院34.85
紫色33.86
とろり34.86
許可33.18
十六34.05
ぬくぬく34.98
具合33.52
ぴんぴん35.32
可能32.85
貸す33.91
34.18
こいつ32.74
堪能33.84
嘆く33.87
先人34.62
のっけから35.47
晴れ着35.34
在るべき34.36
一通34.50
黙り34.28
冬空35.78
どうもこうも34.92
大人33.10
守護33.40
はみ出る34.89
茶花36.81
目板33.85
渾身33.97
寝ぼけ眼34.89
彼の32.60
水飴35.21
という位34.27
高らか34.07
碁盤35.70
頑丈33.66
十五日34.93
喚く33.96
関所34.29
呆け34.01
くるむ34.38
に当たり34.02
通り道34.66
武骨34.84
持ち主33.54
戦地34.59
月読み37.11

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