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
もた15.45
伝統芸能16.01
面々13.25
街中13.66
軛15.16
父娘14.96
尊敬13.63
切り裂く13.43
食いつなぐ15.34
百聞は一見に如かず15.64
莟14.94
大化16.53
北の対16.99
一双13.97
痺れる14.33
年初15.77
任命14.19
横向く16.99
群青色15.16
冴え14.58
掛け布団15.04
打ちのめす14.42
嗜好14.59
若しや13.84
付近13.43
収支14.87
縁のない14.95
やってられない14.88
鼻血14.29
燃え上がる14.04
峰14.12
通年15.74
面映ゆい15.21
戦果13.96
田下駄16.89
夜通し14.72
待ちかねる15.20
歓迎13.56
取り組む14.14
泥まみれ15.04
代役14.79
非理15.55
複雑怪奇14.94
努めて14.18
察するに14.10
脇役14.90
給仕13.97
笠14.72
薫り14.70
喧伝14.61
火つけ16.19
腹黒い14.76
目で追う14.71
豪傑15.04
荷なう17.59
後退る14.94
仕立て14.05
中部14.96
頭が痛い14.47
資15.53
ああやって14.64
俳句15.04
呼び覚ます14.87
に付き13.90
かんかん照り16.46
保障14.19
さぞかし14.31
ぞわり14.84
うろつく14.21
幹13.97
天は二物を与えず16.24
童14.38
未知13.76
衝動的14.79
しばしば14.49
強度13.77
催す14.48
おおよそ13.85
宣言13.25
粗削り15.82
囚人14.54
生前14.05
びくともしない14.72
どちらか13.67
仔馬15.55
ぐらり14.55
せめぎ合う15.33
引き際14.86
しおらしい14.74
根幹14.41
幻聴14.50
上下左右14.75
我が物15.07
サラサラ14.29
輸入量16.09
身の安全14.39
何とやら14.92
可憐13.45
考え出す14.70
ぶん投げる14.69

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