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
カラス14.16
足が竦む15.72
特選品17.11
灰汁抜き16.04
医者13.79
精密13.79
誰一人14.31
ずり14.67
慈悲心16.24
見目14.55
備える13.84
償う14.34
睨まれる14.65
新芽15.26
足しげく15.61
薄らぐ15.05
座布団一枚16.75
脅かす14.14
再起14.94
使い道14.00
未だかつて15.03
瓜二つ14.70
道連れ14.55
根気よく15.04
独り善がり15.58
外野14.29
仰せ言17.42
打ちのめす14.42
ぼろ14.97
腕が鳴る15.26
目鼻立ち14.89
九絵15.66
好ましい13.95
見る目13.98
勝手気儘16.48
別段14.01
人聞き15.01
情け容赦15.19
笑い話14.52
搾りたて15.81
誰ひとり15.19
太い腕14.80
昨春16.99
何かあったの13.93
声にならない14.46
練り合わせる15.74
強み14.35
宙ぶらりん15.20
稚子16.89
いい意味で15.00
萌黄色15.81
臥す14.91
決め手14.54
晩秋15.32
四倍14.91
ごま粒16.75
冷やかし14.72
どうしたの13.34
矢立16.23
落石15.04
相も変わらず14.61
目頭が熱くなる15.34
お土産13.83
13.41
一苦労14.51
業者14.25
小遣16.23
離れ離れ14.77
差出人14.66
何でもいい14.10
免じる16.06
そういうもの13.77
逃げ場所15.47
彼処15.18
日ならずして17.42
降り出す14.92
深傷16.22
何もの14.30
蹲る14.33
ってば13.84
心ここにあらず15.09
憎らしい14.72
恨み言14.66
言い切る13.95
列席14.96
見交わす15.46
言いつけ14.31
焼け付く15.27
下心14.42
と金14.40
塩水14.96
14.27
綺麗さっぱり14.75
疚しい14.47
胃腸15.27
圧痛16.75
のうのう14.84
かと言って13.61
ひと思いに15.47
主犯14.64

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