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
引っ掛け14.54
寝ずの番15.25
持ち歩く14.25
祝盃17.05
裂け目14.56
他所者15.69
取り直す14.62
突き刺す13.70
過ぎ去る14.24
花々しい16.81
虫の知らせ15.46
交換条件14.83
舞い落ちる15.33
運動13.74
畏れる15.35
書院造り17.11
御出で16.03
超越13.97
懼れる16.81
串刺し14.34
ぽっこり15.44
尤も13.90
前代未聞14.59
先延ばし14.67
強請14.85
15.25
九絵15.66
口に運ぶ14.35
飲み口15.49
一閃13.92
高飛車14.91
加工13.58
好き好んで14.60
葛餅16.35
家畜13.98
早起き14.52
言い切る13.95
守りぬく15.98
見れば見るほど15.04
ツノ14.96
嫌みを言う16.11
興じる14.31
童男13.91
気を利かす16.75
深める13.69
もぎたて16.24
きーん16.46
口髭14.89
忘れかける14.79
薄暗がり15.32
引かれる14.40
親族14.12
小鳥13.95
薄明るい15.79
帯刀15.25
陣取る14.07
濛々15.14
全集15.57
隅から隅まで15.10
陶芸15.45
きしきし15.86
体格13.64
継ぎ接ぎ15.13
地形13.75
話が違う14.85
敵意13.67
不評14.86
旧道16.36
ある程度13.05
さぼり15.24
雨露15.67
人足14.85
元はと言えば15.01
ただ酒15.86
修練13.88
搦め手14.68
子を宿す15.96
二倍14.25
中途半端13.90
世間話14.17
死神13.73
吐き気がする14.98
大河14.37
いちゃもん15.13
運良く14.41
よろしくお願いいたします14.03
腰を浮かす15.78
時代錯誤15.38
三家15.14
底値15.34
走らせる14.16
名前をつける15.16
日当たり15.13
侘び15.47
音色14.26
焦げ目15.06
おほほ14.82
霜柱15.73
跡地14.53
居座り15.17

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