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
13.43
光り物15.64
姿態15.57
化かす14.98
かさかさ15.48
一味も二味も15.88
口八丁15.42
御伽噺14.46
当て馬14.79
視点13.59
選定14.15
行灯15.69
仄めかし15.22
流れ出す14.50
目もくれず14.59
赤茶色14.91
ひと苦労15.51
さかい15.01
中ば14.93
破獄14.33
取上げ16.19
雄叫び13.92
待ち遠しい14.71
14.52
揉め14.21
囂しい15.63
板目15.54
其れも其のはず14.42
安全地帯14.52
生け捕り14.56
独裁14.94
異例14.50
連鎖14.36
制度13.94
ぐうの音もでない16.08
世途14.83
未来永劫14.83
人足14.85
太刀打ち14.53
小麦色15.01
家庭13.90
恐れ多い14.58
唐戸14.97
無きにしもあらず15.59
隠蔽13.54
戯ける14.98
難治15.28
賑わい14.35
年初15.77
御用14.33
応急処置14.53
火消16.26
中毒14.64
人並み14.52
言いさす17.59
落胆14.10
悪循環14.90
高嶺の花15.09
になって初めて15.13
お言葉ですが14.97
何かしら13.50
四十13.76
去なす14.89
謝罪文15.78
嫌みを言う16.11
酪農家16.02
寝惚ける15.42
梅雨14.72
自給15.27
がらがら15.23
気の所為14.91
17.29
余分14.36
大破14.70
成っていない13.89
よお14.08
混じり合う15.53
交易品14.99
肌の色14.49
お任せ13.86
口のうまい16.64
仮定14.24
曰く13.58
手練れ14.64
助平心16.45
乙女心14.77
夜なべ15.69
矢立16.23
すったもんだ15.34
菓子屋15.26
遂げる14.02
身が持たない15.57
死に目15.62
分野14.00
微粒17.29
一環14.08
っきゃ15.10
身から出た錆15.45
身に余る15.10
逆効果14.48

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