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
情け無い15.62
十数13.78
息つく15.18
杜撰14.87
継ぎ目14.90
かかり合い16.75
ぐるりと14.00
安全地帯14.52
幼子13.94
お頭14.67
お使い14.22
貫禄14.56
御墨付き16.42
掻きむしる14.83
西日15.24
ばったん15.94
ませんでした14.28
芭蕉15.69
痛めつける14.29
足跡を残す16.20
薄笑い14.96
世話人15.80
倦怠感14.66
落とし物15.25
か月14.12
温かみ14.77
吊り上がる14.83
万遍なく15.01
刻み込む14.27
快楽14.44
石垣14.95
はぐらかす14.44
非常食14.95
具合が悪い14.81
庶民13.84
持ち寄り15.63
見交わす15.46
高尚14.94
もうた15.29
さぼり15.24
勿体ぶる14.79
少数13.90
一目瞭然14.27
象る14.64
口実14.26
探し回る14.57
粗末にする15.37
ごろ14.34
まともに13.42
同前16.45
北側14.14
旨み14.51
で成らない14.78
白羽14.14
這いつくばる15.06
紛う15.44
人助け14.61
木の下14.78
目鼻15.30
弓引く15.46
蜘蛛13.58
溜息を吐く14.11
花々しい16.81
ほっとひと息16.02
目がくらむ15.58
女らしい14.41
陶芸15.45
印象づける15.35
すかすか15.89
母国14.72
お世辞14.48
突き当たる15.06
くちゃくちゃ15.65
呼び覚ます14.87
計算高い15.38
流線15.38
しおらしい14.74
諂い15.81
角が立つ15.36
寝不足14.43
寝息をたてる15.81
長者15.58
煎じ詰める16.55
老い木15.97
歓声13.51
何時まで13.82
お稽古15.08
無病息災15.77
義理立て15.30
境目14.59
切り出し14.47
原始的14.57
打ち水16.21
うぐいす色16.14
看る13.94
何名14.47
果てしない14.98
揚がり16.27
持ち直す14.35
舟を漕ぐ16.45

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