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
遠征隊15.11
間髪入れず14.34
死因14.50
同行13.40
口に運ぶ14.35
枸櫞16.78
投げやり14.46
大怪我14.19
13.41
場合によって13.78
半開き14.62
公孫樹16.03
ああ言う13.88
食べ頃15.42
実親16.04
背中を丸める16.22
騒めき15.30
習い14.30
手を入れる14.98
ピクリ14.13
通年15.74
丸くなる14.95
知らないふり15.09
我が家13.70
一丁14.83
降ろし14.13
先んじる14.32
ぽかり15.12
剝がす14.92
河岸段丘16.85
人を陥れる15.91
湧泉16.99
中ば14.93
攻め立てる14.72
家畜13.98
狙い13.28
仇なす15.01
初めに13.94
皆無13.79
すんません14.68
水入らず15.06
留守中14.97
先導者15.35
角張る15.52
合流13.35
歩を進める14.48
日にち14.87
宮仕え15.24
双丘14.94
語り継ぐ14.53
経上がる16.21
引き留める14.25
擦りこむ17.59
沫雪17.42
鉱山労働者16.04
見直す14.15
外野14.29
地声15.64
夜の帳14.87
力不足14.38
書き直し15.07
要す14.39
砂糖煮15.66
じゅるり15.30
山中14.43
丹念14.78
切歯扼腕16.78
乾き14.68
お話中15.44
息つく15.18
シミ14.72
山なり15.25
板目15.54
包囲13.73
塗りつぶす14.61
13.88
継ぎ接ぎ15.13
貴方様14.28
愚考14.89
ひと眠り15.59
離れ離れ14.77
下男14.86
いたずら心15.76
14.12
賛美15.02
記念14.11
ほっこり14.59
何時もながら14.90
肩身15.03
子宝に恵まれる16.28
聞える14.67
残り香14.92
閃き14.61
刃物13.91
目を瞑る14.53
巻き上がる15.19
思いの外14.54
滅法14.96
一昨日14.19
脹ら15.30

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