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
仰せ付ける16.69
丸見え14.59
締め括る15.05
花色16.14
懐炉15.82
振舞う14.18
道順14.92
しめ縄15.99
暗さ14.67
徒渉16.24
裂け目14.56
ケチ付ける16.18
勝敗14.07
めげる14.62
人より14.23
網子14.59
目をひく16.05
夢みる14.70
気にかかる14.76
羅紗15.21
富む14.22
泣き顔14.62
取り扱う14.38
脅迫14.27
養分14.92
聳やかす16.34
ぶつかり合う14.29
からすると13.77
月日14.40
たるや14.59
呼びかける13.91
戦く15.11
手浴14.31
厄除16.99
どっさり14.92
そうだね13.30
丸煮15.29
切り落とし14.51
間髪入れず14.34
14.54
長屋14.70
宝珠14.15
腰元14.79
踏み台14.52
飛び入り15.03
括る14.25
っす13.15
15.02
直ちに14.28
格好いい13.76
萌黄色15.81
元はと言えば15.01
泣き言14.55
動物達14.86
決め込む14.45
上回る13.67
やり切れない15.00
開門14.76
斜筋15.74
それ故14.07
てって14.11
憎さ15.17
足下13.92
死神13.73
間取り14.78
ニタリ15.06
散り14.34
強み14.35
堪え難い15.61
零し14.20
青空14.06
引きずり下ろす15.56
学位15.34
はぶ15.12
希有15.31
力不足14.38
なぎ倒す14.55
ませんでした14.28
その他に14.20
首をかしげる14.19
約束通り14.40
休息13.89
寝泊り14.92
とどめを刺す14.88
月曜日14.63
船をこぐ16.59
人聞き15.01
釜師14.47
御出で16.03
五位14.82
門外不出15.14
溌剌14.92
手を離れる15.93
しむ15.19
しめる14.85
賜う15.44
すいすい15.10
御大層15.44
手ほどき14.35
返り討ち14.06

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