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
乳臭16.23
型押し16.40
仲介14.36
強ばる14.67
親の心子知らず16.48
混む14.22
沁み渡る15.96
帰り支度14.91
ふっ飛ぶ15.22
ツンと来る16.28
残骸13.91
薬草13.50
初孫15.35
供え15.10
見覚えのある14.02
保存13.86
感服14.56
殺生14.83
赤み14.49
測る13.99
少数13.90
目方15.74
ひと呼吸15.40
刀自15.06
打って出る14.47
屋台13.39
言葉を交わす14.22
掬い14.63
親元14.97
無き14.12
ぐう14.88
相反15.28
花茎16.61
三体14.05
渦巻く13.90
余波14.06
未婚14.48
金椀15.05
見回り14.15
御覧なさい15.41
ぐるぐる巻き14.79
直角14.82
お手の物14.85
子種15.17
矢場13.87
盛り合わせ15.00
国境13.58
煮方16.01
杜撰14.87
吊り目15.47
仕組み13.79
完膚15.94
象る14.64
和らぐ14.32
ふてぶてしい14.67
睨み合う14.31
女の子12.92
助言13.85
15.22
パサパサ15.30
意図的14.01
風通し14.96
たけり狂う17.29
案内人14.32
試しに13.89
然もなければ15.17
研ぎ澄ます14.26
亜ぐ15.37
間際14.31
自給15.27
写経15.85
いつ何どき17.19
光線14.00
寿司14.43
白亜14.56
後を追う14.30
おいて13.53
戯ける14.98
改革案15.99
我が物15.07
扇状15.01
加療16.99
長いあいだ15.38
14.04
跳ね返る14.75
思い悩む14.37
少ししたら15.19
白ける14.91
内部13.28
振られる14.58
大きくなる13.96
重んじる14.36
俳句15.04
日が暮れる14.52
言い切る13.95
見る影もない15.07
染る15.63
大草原14.97
仕切り直し14.72
機嫌よく14.90

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