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
お利巧さん17.11
等しく14.30
なう14.82
姿を見せる14.26
猛進15.25
肉塊14.28
伏して14.44
足らない14.76
跡地14.53
逃げ道14.29
荷担15.32
溌剌14.92
素行14.71
鼻垂れ16.46
開かれる14.09
拭い去る15.47
昂揚感15.60
そっぽを向く14.68
見向き14.60
赤い糸15.43
根源14.37
当の13.96
上達14.21
団子虫16.27
山なり15.25
明明白白16.72
茄子14.92
よちよち15.49
息つく15.18
気に留める15.19
霜焼16.36
打ち震える15.21
姉妹13.57
鉄壁14.35
そうこう14.48
鎖国15.05
人受け16.20
ど偉い15.39
先先代16.02
引き摺る14.33
忘れられない14.41
にかっと14.71
くどくど15.24
朱鞘17.42
二人して14.25
不道理17.29
謀叛15.28
世話役14.60
口説き15.01
身が引き締まる15.61
引き篭る15.75
だらしない14.53
屋台13.39
調教14.13
13.69
舵を取る15.91
博打14.52
からすの行水17.59
衝動13.93
休日13.94
壮年14.22
黒毛15.13
14.45
澄みきった15.59
店屋15.82
足先14.62
最低限13.65
格差社会15.62
吹き出る14.79
服喪16.32
静養14.93
あつらえ向き16.05
要因13.90
泣き付く15.30
食い止める14.18
わねぇ14.24
風邪ひく15.54
とびっ切り14.80
押し黙る14.15
気合いが入る15.89
旅立つ13.92
未婚14.48
卓越14.46
国じゅう16.30
洞穴14.29
心当たり13.87
実況14.08
お姉さん13.31
白髭15.16
聳やかす16.34
桐箱16.19
忍びない14.71
男前14.47
少ししか14.81
茶巾16.19
海栗14.45
残骸13.91
荒らす14.10
15.25
処刑台15.11

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