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
何時か14.81
えーと13.59
そういやあ15.64
自由の身14.92
ごほごほ15.77
着手14.74
苛酷15.46
気概14.39
荷担15.32
勤め先15.30
長いあいだ15.38
小皺16.03
収取16.18
近況報告15.02
身を守る14.13
ひと味15.85
目がくらむ15.58
鼻っ柱15.19
烙印14.84
お手つき15.48
遮二無二15.36
香炉15.28
縁がある14.90
二時14.82
めっきり14.91
搾りたて15.81
汗水たらして15.85
生クリーム14.50
単位13.69
なう14.82
助平心16.45
お待ちかね14.97
金粉15.33
見覚えがある14.32
冷やかし14.72
女の子12.92
へその緒16.04
首を振る13.85
等しく14.30
口の軽い15.71
当て推量16.13
幼友達16.00
生ぬるい14.64
裏漉し15.97
人聞きの悪い14.84
火元14.34
復讐心14.89
丸くなる14.95
不治の病15.01
打ち水16.21
低語17.59
酢14.54
後退13.67
一年中15.13
語り継ぐ14.53
考えてみれば13.87
心当たり13.87
架け橋15.04
ほじくる15.17
全っ然15.44
唐変木15.58
飛び立つ14.05
一環14.08
梅雨14.72
結び付き15.49
呉服屋15.73
峰14.12
独自性15.46
五時14.78
ぴしっと15.29
不潔14.79
お出かけ14.32
見す見す14.69
見当もつかない14.71
摩尼14.85
推敲15.26
気まま14.78
産湯15.65
とどめを刺す14.88
脅かす14.14
落石15.04
お汁16.02
何時もながら14.90
咆哮13.55
安々14.70
分離14.21
隠し味15.01
反抗14.17
我らが13.76
か月14.12
崖っぷち15.11
用心深い14.64
かび16.06
石灰15.08
無意味13.75
真っ黒け16.05
塩水14.96
密やか14.76
矢場13.87
手にとるように16.01

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