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
何様14.71
風景13.68
酒屋14.96
お菓子作り14.63
職務14.20
ぎらり15.11
悪態14.13
禁じる14.01
通りすがる15.86
怨めしい15.79
頃合14.32
問い返す14.31
ふりかけ15.29
がぶる15.28
朝晩15.15
顔形15.79
二胡14.01
馬体15.20
何気に14.22
突っ走る14.52
冴え渡る15.09
別段14.01
孝行15.23
手裏剣14.63
心の内14.49
はぶ15.12
べた15.28
間男15.41
うら寂しい16.22
柘植15.34
照れ13.61
朦朧14.37
べろ15.66
火付け役16.37
だけど12.44
暫くすると13.97
雪柳16.48
低層14.03
なで肩16.06
嫡出16.51
押し入り15.60
憧れの的15.33
とっぷり15.33
親切14.00
口を挟む14.16
万遍なく15.01
陶芸15.45
夢見る14.40
睨まれる14.65
訳ない13.74
口づける15.48
うわ13.47
共存14.33
ぷかぷか15.17
送り火16.26
計画的14.81
記念14.11
艶艶16.89
もぐ14.36
塗りつぶす14.61
とは限らない13.88
押し潰す14.82
じゃれ合う15.13
油染みる16.78
吹雪く15.22
口を入れる17.05
自給自足14.76
出来映え15.44
気の利く15.32
世間13.83
去り行く15.62
明る15.36
細帯16.53
薬草13.50
花模様15.61
違背17.29
釜師14.47
駐在14.93
澄みきる16.09
我が家13.70
如何なる13.97
曰く13.58
ぐるぐる巻き14.79
打ち明け話16.12
不純14.89
得意満面15.31
ばつ14.73
脅威13.41
目も当てられない14.61
満員御礼15.44
ざっくばらん15.26
現実味14.48
飯粒16.46
行方知れず15.05
留守中14.97
頓智15.73
刀自15.06
13.52
昨朝16.57
微睡14.89

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