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
15.32
白菊15.39
極め14.64
仮託15.26
御名答15.80
滞在期間15.06
たわわ15.04
ぶん投げる14.69
ぐるりと14.00
乳児15.28
からすれば13.47
主張13.48
都合のよい15.31
お誕生日14.98
暗さ14.67
一味も二味も15.88
人を陥れる15.91
中性14.53
見す見す14.69
のうのう14.84
うるち米16.10
うり二つ15.76
雨漏り15.39
言い足す16.69
ひと押し15.18
見にくい15.22
鳥おどし17.42
運び出す14.41
舌鼓を打つ15.14
実父14.89
目からうろこ16.01
14.12
不治15.69
結びきり17.59
食い込む14.17
一つ二つ14.86
為される14.48
絵画13.96
14.98
異存14.56
三線15.90
命ずる14.55
穴ぐら15.84
植え付け14.61
内奏17.59
さ中14.46
方位14.91
報う14.42
屈辱的14.77
中途半端13.90
凛々15.50
突っ慳貪15.34
13.71
天気14.09
ばったん15.94
飛躍14.68
とも言う14.32
若き日15.11
物悲しい14.88
ぎゅうぎゅう14.82
専属13.98
追いかけっこ14.50
身の毛14.82
人嫌い15.14
二の句が継げない15.52
胸を膨らませる15.92
頭の足りない15.81
嬉し涙15.52
保障14.19
現物14.54
何だかんだ13.70
喉の痛み15.94
賜物14.49
澄明16.12
垂れ桜17.59
剣を交える15.15
ごき15.50
寝とる16.01
物思いに耽る15.56
ばつ14.73
もやが掛かる16.75
紛れ込む14.21
注視14.09
見て見ぬふり14.82
しらっと15.89
労役15.16
沿い14.04
下男14.86
14.72
気味の悪い14.77
夜なべ15.69
今だかつて15.31
門外15.51
へばる14.84
治癒13.20
街道筋15.68
向かい側14.53
縁を切る15.23
従順14.30
刻み込む14.27

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