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
怖じる15.19
切りかかる14.57
日が暮れる14.52
真っ向から14.13
ちょっ13.80
目頭が熱くなる15.34
閉じ篭る15.95
真昼14.68
生産13.50
流布14.37
負けん気15.27
自決15.01
掻きむしる14.83
舞い戻る14.43
ゆとり14.62
にこり14.08
有りのまま16.39
かさかさ15.48
好いこと14.98
澄みきる16.09
一直線13.87
浮ぶ15.05
波及14.93
猛進15.25
身を置く14.86
小汚い14.83
吹きさらし15.76
恭しい14.16
そうしたら13.96
一日目14.64
銀糸14.69
丸顔15.41
守護者13.82
間もない14.38
掲示14.97
ああ言う13.88
羅紗15.21
ぶるん15.02
遂げる14.02
潜り込む13.89
赤茶色14.91
慣らす14.92
お稽古15.08
懐炉15.82
またね14.41
何処も彼処も14.76
坪庭16.81
十三13.87
親の七光り15.75
揺らめく14.25
持ち直す14.35
出生14.78
綿14.45
垂れ目14.97
護衛12.82
搾りたて15.81
ひと息14.95
気にするな13.91
酢14.54
神主15.21
剛体15.30
構わない13.22
崖崩れ15.33
南支15.68
前脚14.53
安心感14.20
武力14.02
肥った15.77
実感が湧く15.97
羽ばたく13.96
余分14.36
信頼のおける15.22
急速13.88
そんで14.23
昼休み14.17
独りごつ15.05
命にかえても16.11
吹き溜まり15.46
節穴14.89
家屋14.17
泡沫15.20
刷子15.21
雪かき15.06
見せ物15.33
ホッと13.71
分かりきった14.80
響きわたる14.60
雪化粧15.53
方針13.57
かみ合う14.89
受け取16.19
一問15.76
愚痴愚痴15.29
根拠のない14.81
寿留女16.15
屋台13.39
書字15.27
牢屋14.05
駆け落ち14.57
川幅15.11

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