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
年頃13.81
まかり通る14.95
脇役14.90
艶めく15.59
ぼそぼそ14.65
後半13.77
絡み合う14.34
死んでも13.95
野良着16.14
度肝14.56
如何なる13.97
剝がす14.92
大合唱15.11
一心14.63
一日じゅう15.94
天秤にかける15.36
称号13.46
疎む14.44
相まって14.02
大の14.23
意地っ張り15.07
縦しや16.19
断じて14.14
さかい15.01
ピタリ14.18
何処も彼処も14.76
年初15.77
割愛14.73
気にも留めず14.97
息の緒17.59
二等分15.87
川の字15.46
蜘蛛13.58
しめ縄15.99
子を宿す15.96
人並み14.52
っきゃ15.10
及ぼす14.22
脅迫14.27
数え切れない14.42
投げやり14.46
恩人14.10
完治14.55
持ち歩く14.25
五位14.82
重んじる14.36
へらへら14.67
気の利く15.32
内容物15.18
と言えども14.07
雪化粧15.53
来訪14.06
頭をかく14.90
習う13.76
落差14.75
水を引く15.82
煮えくりかえる15.86
鷹狩り15.74
速度12.90
ごほごほ15.77
浮き立つ14.87
牙保15.23
凝り固まる14.83
近況報告15.02
纏わる14.36
挑戦状15.20
褒め称える14.84
がらがら15.23
渋皮16.11
糖度15.44
脱兎の如く15.19
ぴこぴこ15.75
すり込む15.51
問い掛け14.21
祈願14.92
落とし物15.25
損じる15.65
支柱14.56
薄桃色14.85
息ぴったり15.50
麻縄16.08
白菊15.39
地雷14.23
その辺13.37
幔幕16.14
物欲しそう14.92
日当たり15.13
燻る14.51
改革案15.99
口封じ14.70
喧嘩を売る14.64
わねぇ14.24
街道筋15.68
踏み潰す15.00
余所余所しい15.09
不始末14.72
何時ぞや14.53
聳やかす16.34
玩ぶ15.50
取りなし15.00

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