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
唖然13.69
剣を交える15.15
予洗16.19
遭遇13.37
助け舟14.49
お喋り13.88
攻撃的14.32
気付け薬15.53
昂ぶる15.22
買い出し14.37
太鼓判14.77
どでん16.42
意気揚々14.29
手纏14.22
流れ出す14.50
泣きわめく14.99
凶作15.37
水を引く15.82
死体13.16
起き抜け15.17
敵意13.67
弱火15.05
飽き飽き15.74
左肩14.31
今思えば14.46
雷鳴14.32
等しく14.30
単調14.45
ましょう14.18
吹き上げる15.26
雑穀15.12
肉欲15.29
混ぜ返す16.02
上昇13.21
待ち構える13.84
新年早々15.51
虚無的16.01
お茶汲み15.91
貪る14.21
倉13.35
酉16.18
火花を散らす14.86
成り下がる14.69
畏れ多い14.81
酔い潰れる14.97
陳腐14.93
半歩14.53
威風堂々14.92
気をつけ14.41
べろり16.43
鍵13.33
農水16.27
機転14.60
打ち付ける14.13
初詣15.04
同時13.64
そいつ13.28
共通点14.37
器具14.34
聞く耳14.55
秋冬16.27
騒動13.55
次章14.93
単に13.46
見通し14.22
現物14.54
地肌15.15
仕る15.23
係わる14.48
脳みそ14.38
絶え絶え15.39
筈ない14.42
目鼻立ち14.89
何でもいい14.10
殺気13.54
独り歩き15.56
石竜子15.52
なだれ込む14.70
望むところ14.41
お通し14.95
合奏15.47
惜別16.05
喉から手がでる16.25
銭勘定15.96
寝息を立てる15.13
吹きこぼれる15.97
月日14.40
カリッと15.32
世辞14.84
下層14.20
ぼた餅15.79
瓦解14.38
畔13.52
絹糸14.97
運良く14.41
放牧15.03
馴染み深い14.99
圧14.23
何回か14.25
長引く14.17

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