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
聴き取る16.55
縦横14.74
死んだも同然15.57
お陰様で14.82
ぽっこり15.44
泥まみれ15.04
存じ上げる14.66
身を置く14.86
二水15.94
油染みる16.78
ぴくりとも動かない15.15
してもよい15.25
罰あたり16.35
即座に13.25
浮かす14.64
切り盛り14.85
14.74
異端13.26
押し戻す14.74
部費14.82
冗談じゃない14.38
14.06
財政14.48
馬鹿げた14.29
にあっては14.79
弱気14.34
受付13.53
破獄14.33
化かす14.98
注連飾り17.59
親鳥15.30
厚い壁15.80
持ち寄る14.99
14.54
怯懦15.45
何だこれは14.48
美景16.75
気を緩める15.32
まかり通る14.95
指示を出す13.96
菎蒻15.15
沸き15.00
詐欺14.20
何回か14.25
出遅れる14.64
果てしなく14.71
御伽噺14.46
屋形14.95
鎮座14.20
つつも13.23
南無14.77
代金14.02
仲介14.36
目がくらむ15.58
燻る14.51
お札14.91
悪人14.19
多種多様14.26
一味も二味も15.88
良し13.85
畏敬15.03
ほど良く14.71
助平15.20
諂い15.81
引き合わせ15.06
細々とした14.62
侍女13.20
礼を尽くす15.53
赤み14.49
占領14.10
大奥15.02
の所為で14.40
受け渡す15.34
何回14.29
13.93
手を貸す14.58
ずんぐり14.99
がっしり14.26
めげる14.62
快勝15.57
指を鳴らす14.56
聞き分ける15.27
物思いに耽る15.56
わいの15.06
人命14.75
まっ黒15.40
弱点13.62
運良く14.41
妬ける15.11
切れ長の目14.80
突き刺す13.70
明か14.68
村長13.44
複製14.20
14.03
狭める14.59
日が暮れる14.52
軽さ14.55
吸いとる16.66
共感14.13

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