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
もて14.27
年寄り臭い15.68
13.43
火柱14.45
功名15.59
初孫15.35
お弁当14.01
伝言13.97
精根15.52
忘れられない14.41
沸き15.00
か月14.12
14.24
三体14.05
暑さ14.19
顔を背ける14.75
御伽噺14.46
無限13.62
開けっぱなし15.78
はるか遠く15.30
二の腕14.42
引き篭る15.75
言い聞かす15.23
たわわ15.04
男気15.22
放す14.09
水をやる15.87
没落14.28
ところがどっこい15.44
他家14.47
不貞腐れる14.80
起源14.74
はぶ15.12
凝望16.28
湿る14.03
煎じ詰める16.55
一に14.26
疎む14.44
突き合わせる15.28
騒めく15.50
断つ14.07
代役14.79
粘る14.31
風格14.36
薄っぺら15.08
六人13.94
欠く14.22
十二単15.76
もう少しで14.13
以ての外14.69
美景16.75
わんわん14.63
気にも留めず14.97
人足14.85
お段15.94
二九14.05
切り屑16.85
怖いもの見たさ15.44
しょげる14.92
仕事はじめ17.19
舟を漕ぐ16.45
渋皮16.11
人を陥れる15.91
布く15.53
国を治める15.20
兎にも角にも14.52
ぎょろり16.00
暗幕15.43
堅気15.05
足らない14.76
過酷14.02
走り込む14.87
擦り付ける14.38
シジュウカラ16.53
昼休み14.17
あんよ15.65
役職名15.53
生花15.42
煮詰まる15.05
粗相14.57
言葉使い14.78
鷲掴み14.36
断面14.46
水浴び14.40
飽き飽き15.74
半量16.45
愛の巣15.45
おみや15.42
けち15.12
やんごとない14.95
丸くなる14.95
待ち伏せ14.24
ふかし芋16.10
御用14.33
踊りだす15.55
失礼ながら14.68
もた15.45
常連14.34
引っ越す14.68
収取16.18

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