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
悪戯13.83
四体14.49
放っておく14.13
月夜14.56
噛る14.95
取ってくる14.54
結びつき14.73
円やか16.26
ぶつかり合う14.29
によれば13.80
お目通り15.16
北側14.14
再起14.94
見当たる14.19
前かがみ15.09
耽ける16.57
独り善がり15.58
吹雪く15.22
宜しければ13.89
深林16.45
じろじろ14.61
雪かき15.06
だけど12.44
一場面15.43
脳足りん16.27
散らかる14.65
申し分ない14.47
添い遂げる14.93
途切れ14.16
もち粉16.75
14.62
見目14.55
運良く14.41
断つ14.07
ちーん15.75
飴細工15.16
上回る13.67
軽さ14.55
産気づく15.50
古称16.81
長続き14.89
魅了13.49
再開13.61
次官14.80
外因14.31
からすの行水17.59
切り開く14.25
何人たりとも15.20
何気なく14.23
渡り合う14.62
けども13.93
引き摺る14.33
小遣16.23
呑み14.43
指定単14.13
菊花15.07
野良着16.14
迫真15.14
睨み合う14.31
世話係14.77
気高い14.35
五位14.82
秋冬16.27
13.48
うろつく14.21
渋滞15.12
紙片14.58
袖口14.68
対外政策16.24
食べ終える15.08
塩水14.96
土俵14.55
何だかんだ13.70
不細工14.65
注文13.54
目を瞑る14.53
広大13.78
人の子14.49
娶る14.25
賄賂14.43
乗り換える14.78
裏漉し15.97
どんちゃん騒ぎ15.21
喃々13.84
挟み込む14.53
思い巡らす16.81
せせら笑い15.86
火が点く16.06
悲喜交々16.06
男前14.47
くくっ14.21
拗れ14.74
已める14.12
買い占める15.09
無けなし14.71
透明13.71
毛だま16.25
順調13.49
色褪せる14.80
こすり合わせる15.91

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