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
捲る13.89
木の下14.78
蹴つまずく17.59
澄みきった15.59
この辺13.73
飼い主14.29
雫13.69
使いよう14.97
啼く15.18
濛々15.14
異国人14.94
綿花15.22
挟み込む14.53
霜柱15.73
詰まらなそう14.50
風向き14.78
平々16.69
火照り15.25
落差14.75
横暴14.33
好きなように14.28
辛味15.03
こすり付ける15.20
ごほごほ15.77
朝もや15.69
ご覧の通り14.88
ご苦労さま14.92
真っ青13.96
一期一会15.48
歴代14.13
臨時14.04
泣き言14.55
火の輪16.05
六尺15.60
財政14.48
客分15.25
敬意を払う15.10
かんかん照り16.46
深林16.45
ふざけ14.01
輪っか14.70
苦言を呈する15.08
二週間14.05
逆さ14.64
要13.50
脇道14.73
細細とした17.29
地区13.99
眉尻14.66
おいて13.53
引けをとらない15.51
ぐらつく14.90
血気15.26
翳む15.45
惚れ薬15.10
しんと14.58
ぺったり15.53
しわを寄せる15.23
体がもたない16.05
巡り合わせ15.01
猿芝居15.80
平衡14.13
山を越す16.99
鵜呑み14.76
正13.56
ご機嫌ななめ15.87
コロン14.79
一合14.98
対外政策16.24
発揮13.35
刑事14.11
出入り口14.00
頭の足りない15.81
格差社会15.62
鰯15.58
下心14.42
明確13.49
落胆14.10
お待ちかね14.97
何もの14.30
横向く16.99
こちとら14.64
勢力13.53
如何な14.48
忍ばせる15.36
胸いっぱい15.16
泡沫15.20
我らが13.76
端くれ14.75
身の毛14.82
大合唱15.11
かちかち15.45
御名答15.80
北側14.14
相も変わらず14.61
破体14.73
隣地16.78
樽酒16.04
驕る14.75
にかっと14.71

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