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
射る14.32
観音開き15.31
上り框16.49
手間取る14.29
掛け茶屋17.42
漁る14.16
音色14.26
見破る14.22
14.55
堅苦しい14.25
さー13.76
にょきにょき15.57
然程14.44
べき14.58
案内人14.32
わんわん14.63
塞げる15.28
安心感14.20
14.42
ひと苦労15.51
一人娘14.52
愛の巣15.45
がさっ15.86
何たる14.40
面々13.25
氷が張る16.64
西日15.24
不貞14.62
忌むべき14.75
登山14.75
保存13.86
やり甲斐15.53
踊りだす15.55
万全13.85
恩を仇で返す15.33
地声15.64
腹違い14.89
ずらかる15.36
すんません14.68
取り直す14.62
射つ14.57
奥の間15.45
小さ14.37
顔をしかめる14.38
踏ん切りがつく16.57
差し伸べる14.08
寝正月16.43
なーんだ15.13
後援15.22
混ぜ合わせる15.18
桐箱16.19
散らかる14.65
危機13.52
節穴14.89
手纏14.22
思いきり14.55
寝かす14.34
15.02
三つ巴15.30
交流13.50
考えにくい14.31
昏れる15.61
折々15.54
病身15.64
がん14.47
外因14.31
底値15.34
持ち寄る14.99
親の七光り15.75
ほっぽらかす16.39
17.29
叩打14.61
はふはふ15.69
年忘れ17.19
気疲れ14.87
到着13.05
快楽14.44
変てこ15.38
顔合わせ14.25
死に目15.62
貴女達14.83
下卑る14.57
奥地14.48
損なう14.20
滞在期間15.06
前かがみ15.09
お召し15.10
土砂14.34
恥ずかしがる14.73
弓引く15.46
加算13.61
押し戻す14.74
お寺14.94
強奪14.34
喘ぐ14.52
南支15.68
拓く14.66
歴代14.13
あべこべ15.39
切り傷14.46

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