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
野犬14.48
影も形もない15.40
引ったくり15.16
具合が悪い14.81
がかる14.18
火元14.34
神社14.02
パクリ14.83
どうって事ない15.09
選択13.26
目で追う14.71
旅先14.78
よそ見14.83
考えにくい14.31
上々14.36
泊める14.44
前妻15.38
独断14.32
伝い14.51
独り立ち14.66
兆し14.50
利く13.59
貯まる14.48
隈なく14.65
圧14.23
思い巡らす16.81
追い立て14.68
合い席16.72
胸いっぱい15.16
精神13.21
たわし15.84
欠かす14.50
鉈14.13
ばれる13.70
すり込む15.51
出遅れる14.64
相反する14.61
待ち遠しい14.71
得体14.51
火灯し頃17.59
相合い傘15.96
二九14.05
薄め14.69
鴉14.28
曲がった14.30
大童16.81
抜け駆け14.74
混ぜ合わせる15.18
蒸籠15.84
真意14.00
脛かじり16.81
手浴14.31
支障をきたす15.01
晩秋15.32
白を切る15.65
満足気14.39
道順14.92
分際14.46
思いつき14.25
にかけては14.80
三家15.14
嘗14.42
客用15.47
たけり狂う17.29
平常心14.61
新調14.43
要13.50
啼く15.18
血塗れ14.35
愛想よく15.00
酒焼け16.12
賛美15.02
思い悩む14.37
胸を膨らませる15.92
小鳥13.95
繋ぎ合わせる15.60
被害者13.81
完膚なきまで14.58
格上げ15.30
やぶ医者15.00
飛散14.84
掲示14.97
足止め13.76
追い打ちをかける14.78
在13.53
離れ離れ14.77
告知14.45
背に腹は変えられぬ16.59
退治13.67
掌る16.51
お知らせ14.09
謹んで14.67
直角14.82
寝相15.09
目通り15.04
脅迫14.27
呼びかけ13.81
初めは13.67
権利13.65
てんこ盛16.29

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