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
こほん14.62
四手14.80
人柄14.12
一合14.98
後釜14.97
到来14.45
大空14.39
一室13.82
負14.30
屈辱的14.77
絆される14.87
おしまい14.09
延々14.91
去なす14.89
鋳造14.70
だだっ広い14.77
傷跡14.26
在庫管理15.70
静養14.93
輪禍17.59
水晶玉14.50
子孫繁栄15.63
異存14.56
不細工14.65
客用15.47
お世辞14.48
頭領14.47
虫の音15.31
独りごつ15.05
指を鳴らす14.56
精粉17.29
引き合わせ15.06
かと言って13.61
二階13.68
滑らす15.16
呉服屋15.73
言外14.31
班13.63
小豆色15.96
塗り替える14.60
流れ落ちる14.35
口のうまい16.64
おす15.06
悪神14.42
手始めに14.75
煮方16.01
寺14.14
荷下ろし15.14
十人十色15.64
煮つめる16.06
はふはふ15.69
ガタガタ14.31
やんごとない14.95
非の打ち所がない15.64
煮やす14.81
出来映え15.44
今ごろ14.88
然程14.44
いたずら好き15.64
調子のいい15.20
丹念14.78
さ中14.46
贔負16.59
殺し12.99
臥す14.91
得体14.51
昔々15.08
北向き16.12
顔合わせ14.25
禁止13.64
高揚感14.61
自分の為に14.92
要求13.44
色めく14.97
がらがら15.23
縦波15.89
帥15.32
締め括る15.05
近親者15.58
天職14.34
しもうた14.93
無縁14.13
神代14.40
母国14.72
指定単14.13
例え13.46
曲者14.80
慣習14.58
滑り落ちる14.53
噛る14.95
思春期14.47
白百合15.02
おみや15.42
ぺたん14.58
世途14.83
五分13.87
直結14.31
望みどおり15.34
戦力12.93
怒声14.02

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