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
顎髭14.80
持ちきり15.24
ちぐはぐ14.62
何時まで13.82
鋭利14.30
縦しや16.19
かき餅16.35
泊める14.44
凍り付く14.25
柿の木15.86
その日暮らし15.46
わっと14.49
張り合い14.91
白ける14.91
ありがたく思う15.35
飼い主14.29
ねちこい17.29
人徳14.91
豪傑15.04
立ち向かう13.92
聴き入る15.62
がちで14.85
帰還13.35
消え行く15.66
大柄14.04
信濃14.96
制度13.94
舌舐めずり15.36
お月さま15.58
ってば13.84
徹底的13.87
だらしない14.53
崖崩れ15.33
昆布巻き16.19
勇気づけ15.28
大賛成15.19
火元14.34
敷地内14.18
たるや14.59
暇潰し14.63
力合わせ16.72
書写15.98
大差14.11
梅雨14.72
ゆとり14.62
手法14.15
唐変木15.58
ごつん15.79
手練れ14.64
その晩14.80
すくい上げる14.93
喰付14.94
罪滅ぼし14.99
がっつり14.57
表立って14.41
泥んこ15.77
掛け布団15.04
若かりし頃15.12
ぱあ15.30
真っ黄色16.14
異国人14.94
喧嘩を売る14.64
ずり14.67
減らず口15.05
困難13.56
伝言13.97
勿体14.63
大慌て14.50
言い回し14.24
歯肉15.54
独りごつ15.05
いらっしゃいませ14.15
成形14.84
営業14.07
姿を見せる14.26
逢いびき17.59
如何なる13.97
菊花15.07
開拓13.76
西日15.24
背の高さ15.08
つかえる14.94
火起し17.29
幼子13.94
談合15.28
ほれみぃ17.59
所有権14.51
紅梅15.95
息ぴったり15.50
春雷15.57
度肝14.56
降ろし14.13
厄介払い15.12
領する15.88
燻る14.51
今日び16.32
翳む15.45
後手後手15.42
引き摺り下ろす15.82
ぷう16.00

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