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
剝がす14.92
琉璃14.22
画素15.05
代替え15.75
綿花15.22
巡り合う15.08
かちかち15.45
一に14.26
15.17
噎せる15.35
琵琶15.07
薄明かり15.21
公然14.80
天候14.30
渦中14.63
紡ぎ14.56
古臭い14.93
足しげく15.61
出始め14.57
見入る14.39
いつ何どき17.19
天性14.84
神主15.21
心がまえ16.11
言い兼ねる17.19
14.88
お面14.78
押し潰す14.82
算数14.90
意地っ張り15.07
胃腸15.27
きりり15.06
拭い去る15.47
特定13.61
お墨付き14.46
踏まえる13.97
辛く14.04
自由の身14.92
絆される14.87
風水15.52
お寒い16.18
趣向を変えて15.80
雄叫び13.92
心変わり14.75
祝盃17.05
斜め14.01
満更でもない14.78
死す14.33
世間13.83
滞留15.24
一団13.81
夜なべ15.69
13.36
はぶ15.12
静養14.93
15.12
満ち溢れる15.40
翌年14.91
瘦せぎす16.99
皇居15.46
おいて13.53
いらっしゃいませ14.15
垂れ込める16.35
聞く耳14.55
富む14.22
片栗粉15.22
さえも13.68
一閃13.92
かき餅16.35
呉服屋15.73
何があっても14.21
男慣れ16.03
目がいく15.59
透明感14.94
そり14.50
だる14.83
愛おしい14.54
秋空15.87
陣取る14.07
間を置いて14.59
威厳13.92
初代13.75
真っ向から14.13
突っ慳貪15.34
仕事はじめ17.19
和む14.27
綿衣17.42
絵羽15.48
断面14.46
ご機嫌取り15.00
何処も14.16
茄子14.92
したり13.12
歴代14.13
人懐っこい14.53
瀕死14.18
弾き出す14.92
化かす14.98
餌付け14.76
13.29

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