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
何たる14.40
いらっしゃいませ14.15
貴賓室14.69
取り扱う14.38
復讐心14.89
愛想14.26
怪異14.64
桐箱16.19
きーん16.46
賄賂14.43
世間13.83
透明13.71
捩じれ16.06
気の利いた14.77
ものを言う14.89
一着14.68
田遊び17.59
ご了承15.14
渡韓15.23
吹き出る14.79
臆病14.17
金時15.78
袋の鼠15.89
抱擁14.23
と金14.40
立ち会い14.91
折り返し14.95
見つめ直す15.53
風邪ひく15.54
ふるい落とす15.73
藍染15.60
逆13.48
原始的14.57
活力14.41
狭める14.59
手土産14.41
葛藤14.18
どうでも良い13.51
内奏17.59
じくじく15.03
ぴっちり15.14
声かけ14.63
ふうふう15.50
顔を背ける14.75
待ち受け14.17
初夏14.63
残骸13.91
ご覧の通り14.88
懲りない15.00
飛び降り14.17
汚染14.24
そういやあ15.64
聳え立つ14.87
二十七14.91
案内人14.32
手段13.10
掲示14.97
四倍14.91
声がけ15.47
吐きすてる16.66
堪忍袋15.02
意地悪い15.49
うろつく14.21
桧15.08
ぼろ雑巾15.70
信濃14.96
研ぎ澄ます14.26
歌13.41
奏13.85
抜け落ちる14.35
貝14.21
冷厳15.49
渋る14.22
崖縁16.61
貫通13.82
鬼の目にも涙16.22
降臨14.07
金槌14.80
続々14.22
見える化16.28
初鶏15.01
薄膜15.80
若くして14.56
他人ごと15.28
煮詰まる15.05
あと一歩14.68
生死14.23
円やか16.26
青銅色15.81
血肉14.41
押し黙る14.15
げほげほ15.62
打ち震える15.21
小汚い14.83
千鳥足15.32
仕付ける15.94
冷やかし14.72
かけ声14.95
吹き消す15.75
生き甲斐15.05

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