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
立ち直る14.19
弱気14.34
無念無想16.36
突如13.69
どこから見ても15.26
宝探し14.97
白髭15.16
時候の挨拶15.74
北側14.14
嶮しい15.86
側近く15.70
輪になる15.72
硝子瓶16.01
脹らむ15.83
鶏がら15.96
ある程度13.05
分け隔てなく14.89
変てこ15.38
小躍り14.90
無病息災15.77
冷やかし14.72
同日14.88
有りき15.08
手を離れる15.93
自業自得14.03
自責の念14.97
浮き足立つ14.88
膳立て16.55
いろは14.78
誠心誠意14.66
嫌み14.77
小指14.35
か月14.12
種明かし14.87
諦めがつく15.82
なだれ込む14.70
男の子13.51
夢見る14.40
おしまい14.09
彫刻14.31
情熱家16.45
駆けずり回る14.97
振られる14.58
定着14.30
巻き物16.10
寝たきり14.84
手練れ14.64
分かれる13.99
14.88
案件13.94
使い道14.00
家中14.56
畦道15.79
ふうふう15.50
わっと14.49
せかせか15.42
皇居15.46
合奏15.47
何もの14.30
仕合せ14.78
化石14.84
霊能者15.73
盲目14.72
塞ぎ込む15.26
恥じ入る14.85
恨みを買う15.05
お釣り14.86
白雪14.48
生やす13.99
新年早々15.51
無意味13.75
何だこれは14.48
顕著14.36
っきゃ15.10
退治13.67
身につく15.18
朝晩15.15
見劣り14.61
困憊16.29
14.59
ぐるぐる巻き14.79
これでもかと言うほど15.15
主として14.61
赤褐色15.05
味がする14.70
煮詰まる15.05
寝惚ける15.42
人聞きの悪い14.84
14.34
及く14.53
脱出13.49
法螺吹き16.36
垂れ込め16.01
三段14.79
吹き込み15.34
女達14.35
翳む15.45
敵対13.58
三角14.42
不治15.69

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