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
飾り気のない14.96
凌ぎ14.57
信じ難い14.75
御楽しみ17.59
揺り動かす15.13
隣り14.37
ぷんぷん14.90
一人ぼっち14.68
出鱈目14.35
集中力14.05
経14.76
息吹14.35
何なのか13.86
同時13.64
競う14.23
聞き惚れる15.27
恥ずかしがる14.73
保障14.19
参詣者16.57
うら寂しい16.22
お酌15.51
身の毛14.82
零し14.20
命がけ14.41
一定13.46
観音開き15.31
仮託15.26
煮炊き15.16
仮に13.45
如何にして14.65
受付13.53
お届け14.64
口籠る15.58
天晴れ15.38
ほんじゃ15.36
犇めき15.63
土師器15.17
灯13.92
聴き14.61
咆哮13.55
独自性15.46
すり込む15.51
再度13.43
焦れったい15.13
場違い14.19
座頭16.53
間もない14.38
四六時中14.62
凝る14.54
弱さ14.17
天は二物を与えず16.24
雌鶏15.93
その気13.88
強ばる14.67
薄々14.22
妙案14.77
出過ぎる14.86
お召し替え15.31
放置13.34
入れ替わる14.14
陣取る14.07
太刀打ちできる15.21
九絵15.66
くくっ14.21
悪徳14.43
貫通13.82
出しゃばる14.85
ひと思いに15.47
かちゃり15.01
一目瞭然14.27
悔しがる14.77
すぐそこ14.40
悪い癖14.68
止むを得ず15.59
引き摺る14.33
陰日向15.89
脹らむ15.83
単調14.45
鬼胎17.59
力不足14.38
渓谷14.32
重い罪15.36
膨れる14.58
ぎゃんぎゃん15.88
曇15.48
口を割る15.49
座り心地14.86
泡だつ16.21
場合によって13.78
拗る14.89
塗り薬15.27
相対的14.71
客用15.47
手織り16.14
専ら14.38
ゆらり15.08
文武15.21
景気14.72
半量16.45
大騒ぎ13.99

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