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
後ろ楯15.67
ごろつく16.64
目をつける15.56
御楽しみ17.59
忠義14.44
愚痴愚痴15.29
激怒14.16
首を振る13.85
待たせる14.53
直接的14.06
留守を預かる15.62
一致団結14.94
雛13.98
死神13.73
懐に入る15.18
滞留15.24
小さめ14.41
見通し14.22
時間がかかる13.81
一人ぼっち14.68
押し切る14.17
甘言14.96
向寒17.11
口を割る15.49
入り組む14.49
移動12.67
定着14.30
いい歳15.08
白粉15.12
神託13.96
刷り込む14.87
雨漏り15.39
熱視線15.35
鼻血14.29
立て直す14.11
英雄譚14.53
命取り14.64
鍬14.50
染め物15.70
譯あって17.59
かちゃり15.01
世話人15.80
運び出す14.41
拭き取る14.78
頑固14.22
実況14.08
仕方がない13.28
幼名15.38
頷き合う14.70
むくり14.82
小躍り14.90
閉じ篭る15.95
回し読み15.82
何とでも14.38
脱衣所14.55
呼び戻す14.50
滞在期間15.06
鼻っ柱15.19
姿を見せる14.26
っこ15.04
お出かけ14.32
引き際14.86
人使いが荒い15.44
雅楽16.10
煮つめる16.06
顔じゅう16.05
死体13.16
ごく偶に15.63
成り上がる14.61
奴隷12.87
区別がつく15.76
おす15.06
血の気のない15.91
お段15.94
早朝13.84
二胡14.01
とくとく15.58
口髭14.89
建て直し15.14
居座り15.17
大した13.24
置いて行く14.87
薯蕷15.17
血気15.26
染みつく14.75
談合15.28
捷い14.99
若草色15.03
とも言う14.32
眼福14.72
妄想13.81
今日び16.32
度目13.68
機先15.09
肩身が狭い15.26
斜め14.01
左党14.58
吐かす15.03
深林16.45
雪崩れ込む15.39

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