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
新年早々15.51
約束事14.97
枯らす14.95
目もくれず14.59
死す14.33
大人の事情15.23
春雷15.57
がたり15.21
居座り15.17
聳え立つ14.87
味気ない14.66
こちらの話14.96
14.23
弔い14.93
夜が更ける15.59
暑さ14.19
差出人14.66
頭紐17.59
行儀悪い15.62
利己14.09
辞する15.24
お喜び15.01
帰り支度14.91
15.11
とって食う16.66
身から出た錆15.45
いい線いってる16.03
割に13.65
甘言14.96
乞い願う15.95
監獄14.48
猫をかぶる16.24
幾度14.33
古謡13.99
刑事14.11
些し13.99
長屋14.70
糖分14.87
うら若い14.99
労役15.16
何を言うてんねん17.59
掴み上げる15.41
活力14.41
御覧なさい15.41
きらり14.35
火事14.29
破門14.96
気が早い14.93
走り去る14.14
目障り14.52
ああやって14.64
潜り込む13.89
矢羽根15.54
次席14.79
諂い15.81
談合15.28
何名14.47
摘み食い15.87
暴れまわる14.89
戦争13.00
早飯16.26
山なり15.25
外野14.29
入れ替わる14.14
気にするな13.91
巻き物16.10
去なす14.89
生き別れ15.33
ぼそぼそ14.65
粒子13.87
15.02
引き伸ばす14.94
相違14.60
引き上げ14.05
何回か14.25
似つく14.06
見つめ直す15.53
主張13.48
困惑13.35
薄っぺら15.08
示唆14.01
豊饒15.72
帰還13.35
塗りつぶす14.61
お願いだから14.33
商売上手15.46
未知13.76
建て直し15.14
任侠14.99
具合が悪い14.81
次善策15.67
一緒くた16.42
蓋つき16.11
茶道14.86
寝ずの番15.25
勇み足15.40
匂う14.92
ふふん14.08
逃げ口上15.87
磯の香り15.63

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