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
ふかし芋16.10
騒めく15.50
残り湯15.76
刈る14.40
塞げる15.28
快晴14.62
恵みの雨15.76
在るがまま15.03
後ろ脚15.07
脱衣所14.55
意図的14.01
ありがと13.60
返済14.46
乞い願う15.95
百聞15.75
座高15.75
二段14.64
何処も彼処も14.76
攻め立てる14.72
もみ手15.98
雛人形16.05
歓迎13.56
無骨14.30
寝泊り14.92
相手取る14.33
押し黙る14.15
練り合わせる15.74
低語17.59
12.66
游ぐ16.25
些細13.89
出発点15.32
おいおい13.46
やぶ医者15.00
大勝15.26
引っ込み15.04
それ相応14.25
年齢13.21
見知り15.64
恥ずい15.47
引き合わせ15.06
夏蜜柑16.66
気泡15.02
言いぐさ15.27
濁声15.93
誇らし気15.97
幼子13.94
水を引く15.82
水をやる15.87
もぐ14.36
居住い16.29
北端15.03
雄叫び13.92
この辺13.73
バサバサ15.03
中心点15.28
捻くれる14.93
嫌みを言う16.11
わねぇ14.24
朝焼け14.80
にべもない15.32
客用15.47
言いつけ14.31
働きアリ16.11
北部13.67
寒々しい14.95
値段13.46
食い止める14.18
しめ縄15.99
監獄14.48
倒さ13.79
ふざけ14.01
飯時15.63
気の利く15.32
直ぐにでも13.90
計画的14.81
囃子15.92
疚しい14.47
こちとら14.64
土足で15.00
ませんでした14.28
ともかく13.10
用命15.45
功名15.59
活き活き14.78
口口に16.04
味つけ15.43
貴輪16.40
北門14.33
意気込む14.35
藁布団16.34
文武15.21
喉から手が出る14.76
奴隷12.87
赤褐色15.05
蔓る15.23
声かけ14.63
溜まり14.19
大股14.69
茶箱17.11

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