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
変わり者14.45
深夜13.90
五位14.82
小汚い14.83
固形14.94
見つめ直す15.53
長い間14.02
連枝15.80
一張羅15.23
血の気がひく16.25
屋台13.39
残り香14.92
血族13.86
日刊15.33
貯め込む14.96
振られる14.58
魅する15.79
看板娘14.77
ひと吹き16.27
田遊び17.59
寝とる16.01
馬車12.74
喧騒14.09
お飯15.94
後ろ楯15.67
水浴び14.40
むしゃむしゃ15.20
振舞う14.18
散らかる14.65
ぴちぴち15.53
身を沈める15.56
不評14.86
雪かき15.06
網膜14.59
黄泉14.67
お任せ13.86
同期14.22
所々14.00
目の下14.53
目下14.47
かちゃり15.01
外野14.29
にきび15.78
誘い込む14.59
座高15.75
切れ目14.44
肩身が狭い15.26
忍びない14.71
犬猿16.15
汗水15.52
何時からか14.86
栗まんじゅう16.81
階級13.80
火元14.34
首を縦に振る14.61
早飯16.26
決まり切った16.09
人聞きの悪い14.84
一捻り15.64
撃つ13.27
山の頂15.22
14.71
門下15.68
ぷんぷん14.90
生まれつき14.46
利用価値14.53
うり二つ15.76
学位15.34
ごつごつ14.74
突っ走る14.52
指を離す15.79
呑み込む14.00
逆効果14.48
屈す14.34
彼岸15.10
不運14.28
珊瑚14.52
御構いなし16.99
目を瞑る14.53
14.61
寝泊り14.92
方針13.57
呻く13.89
草むら14.45
諦めがつく15.82
シジュウカラ16.53
心ここにあらず15.09
居住まいを正す15.13
翌春16.53
間近13.76
書き上げる14.69
指名13.88
通過点15.22
客分15.25
毎日毎日14.60
黒毛15.13
浄化13.70
矢立16.23
年とった15.64
梅色16.99

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