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
穴ぐら15.84
中毒14.64
搾り汁16.00
猿滑17.11
叩打14.61
勢いづく15.03
ねちこい17.29
返り討ち14.06
昨春16.99
一段14.26
惨たらしい14.99
飯炊き15.61
堪え性15.55
朦朧14.37
巡り合わせ15.01
忘れ物14.51
同格14.36
気負う14.57
播遷14.42
ぐらい12.70
兄ちゃん13.55
背の高さ15.08
冬野菜16.40
凝視13.85
汗水たらして15.85
儀礼14.28
交じる14.58
直結14.31
何時かは13.89
造り上げる14.87
度目13.68
そっか13.38
冬毛15.94
血塗る14.90
血気盛ん14.85
親鳥15.30
飛び入り15.03
か縁14.60
利き13.97
出涸らし15.82
たれ込む16.25
弱火15.05
川幅15.11
気色15.21
鼻で笑う14.49
専属13.98
どーして15.22
凝り14.92
統轄16.31
唄う14.89
幹13.97
豪華絢爛15.04
連日14.25
何気なく14.23
減らず口15.05
小生意気15.16
非13.89
応答14.43
ピクリ14.13
善悪14.76
ゆったり13.87
ありがと13.60
游ぐ16.25
反物屋16.51
気合いが入る15.89
明け渡す14.86
びっくりした13.91
静養14.93
今日び16.32
林道15.00
救済措置15.33
貴女達14.83
済まぬ14.29
領12.92
水浴び14.40
家内安全15.92
国宝14.56
良しとする14.63
生産13.50
お陰様で14.82
お別れ14.19
手中に収める15.43
意地汚い15.19
騎虎の勢い16.81
塗り潰し15.21
尤も13.90
待ち伏せ14.24
馬鹿げた14.29
不合理15.20
由々しき14.87
年寄り臭い15.68
死んだも同然15.57
巣篭もり17.11
放す14.09
据え置く15.50
ちっ13.66
先先代16.02
垂れ込める16.35
酒代15.19
はったと16.89

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