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
理解に苦しむ15.04
製造業15.56
散らかる14.65
角切り15.56
夜が更ける15.59
冷めやらぬ14.95
救世14.30
掛け合い14.87
詰まらなそう14.50
あつらえ向き16.05
親元14.97
魅了13.49
部外者14.21
放置13.34
頓智15.73
生まれてから14.44
怪異14.64
長屋14.70
宮仕え15.24
好かん15.17
隣同士15.00
拡大13.61
ホッと13.71
絹糸14.97
狩り13.18
列なる16.06
14.33
論議15.35
げっそり14.82
無類14.93
見たところ13.84
色褪せる14.80
濁声15.93
作り変える15.20
何名14.47
それだから15.05
解る13.37
幼友達16.00
夏場14.81
邪気14.46
万全13.85
何だこれは14.48
寝かす14.34
辛気臭い14.93
いくない15.80
心機一転15.41
だらしない14.53
歯型15.51
安泰14.46
一石二鳥14.55
重奏16.02
猪突猛進14.92
泣ける14.49
根菜15.04
血液13.95
不治の病15.01
下層14.20
引き下げる15.41
長者15.58
藤色15.42
鼻につく15.11
伏して14.44
若草色15.03
種明かし14.87
悩み事14.87
会わせる14.33
とりあえず12.73
頭領14.47
門外15.51
手渡し14.10
いい顔14.75
餌付け14.76
後援15.22
否応15.33
うわの空15.74
一室13.82
一工夫15.45
当日13.91
集中力14.05
海苔巻き16.49
漱ぐ15.61
さながら14.03
静める14.84
満員御礼15.44
用がある14.33
大人びる14.24
行きしな16.45
稚子16.89
結びきり17.59
訣別16.18
一指16.30
15.53
伝統芸能16.01
山中14.43
14.74
力合わせ16.72
鮮度14.73
夜遊び15.26
託宣15.09
歯肉15.54

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