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
呻き声14.19
死因14.50
生き延びる13.88
身を守る14.13
望むところ14.41
社務17.11
時と共に15.68
塗りつぶす14.61
なんざ14.10
経上がる16.21
糸口14.69
堪え難い15.61
気の所為14.91
暑さ14.19
一層の事16.14
目が飛び出る15.70
かあ14.21
ある程度13.05
毛羽立つ15.90
首を伸ばす15.84
情熱家16.45
忍ばせる15.36
踏ん切り14.92
独りぼっち15.09
繋がり13.49
うり坊15.98
大慌て14.50
凪ぐ14.60
昨今14.51
栓14.83
後ろ向き14.59
国境13.58
御節料理16.55
祝盃17.05
安請け合い15.11
飼い主14.29
返答に詰まる16.01
お任せ13.86
取り込み14.43
蕩ける14.49
任侠14.99
早くから14.37
紛らわす14.85
効果12.77
炭火15.21
石臼14.97
分かれる13.99
脳足りん16.27
框16.22
義理立て15.30
在室15.82
好奇心13.79
怖いもの見たさ15.44
棄てる14.86
手織り16.14
真昼14.68
ちゃんちゃんこ16.34
ぷいっと14.85
さー13.76
合わせる顔がない15.45
自分独り16.23
瀬14.61
快楽14.44
万全13.85
置いて行く14.87
爛れ14.87
坐ら14.54
読者14.10
三位一体15.10
はったと16.89
激務14.85
舵を取る15.91
めっきり14.91
通年15.74
一室13.82
風物詩15.23
怖じ気16.13
見れば見るほど15.04
ごろ14.34
腹立つ14.63
この期に及んで14.39
看る13.94
右往左往14.51
肉親14.56
抜け抜け15.19
ひゅうひゅう16.19
土左衛門15.94
囁き14.04
鼻につく15.11
俺達12.62
弥次16.12
渡り歩く14.70
期13.93
内部13.28
騙し14.14
ぐちゃぐちゃ14.35
かつてない14.53
角張る15.52
用心深い14.64
調子のいい15.20

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