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
二日酔い14.40
一貫15.02
女らしい14.41
地肌15.15
浮き足立つ14.88
惜別16.05
供に13.75
コツ14.11
刃物13.91
狭める14.59
外因14.31
掘り起こす14.51
言葉遣い14.08
疎む14.44
煮崩れ15.86
円座15.56
満更14.83
喋喋喃喃16.72
代わりになる14.79
すり減らす14.94
追手14.48
頷ける14.19
身につく15.18
斜筋15.74
筈ない14.42
立て直す14.11
剣を交える15.15
流れ着く14.72
全くと言っていいほど14.94
早飯16.26
人目につく15.34
お転婆14.65
軽さ14.55
売りに出す15.17
歯が浮く16.01
晴れ渡る14.74
ふっ飛ぶ15.22
屈する14.46
名残り15.30
許14.53
一式14.25
青臭い14.83
何ごと15.10
の度に14.46
余所者14.63
破門14.96
剣幕14.36
踊りだす15.55
格好がつく16.04
不潔14.79
間一髪14.50
大した13.24
創始者15.21
伝い14.51
報酬13.29
寝穢い16.85
小突く14.26
朝焼け14.80
くちゃくちゃ15.65
お陰様で14.82
起き抜け15.17
輸入14.37
奇天烈15.22
看る13.94
小わっぱ16.20
元気いっぱい14.58
綱具14.63
世話係14.77
白粉15.12
とは限らない13.88
聞きつける14.13
御一緒15.28
好奇心13.79
怖じ気16.13
山の頂15.22
焦燥14.32
満ち溢れる15.40
手始めに14.75
切らず15.04
即座に13.25
戦争13.00
零れ14.11
蓄財15.44
寝る時間15.02
生暖かい14.42
小路14.53
青春14.22
愚策14.80
胸いっぱい15.16
塞ぎ込む15.26
川幅15.11
善い15.20
誰にでも14.11
機嫌よく14.90
瞠目14.62
雄叫び13.92
ずらかる15.36
訪問者14.82
方針13.57
速め15.04

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