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
すぐそこ14.40
茶箱17.11
東雲14.41
14.02
ああして14.57
謀叛15.28
お互い13.30
間一髪14.50
ピリピリ14.35
街中13.66
隣同士15.00
振られる14.58
賛美15.02
聞きつける14.13
乏しい14.07
縁のない14.95
13.44
見せ物15.33
無様13.95
噛み殺す14.24
書院造り17.11
くり抜く14.77
おおよそ13.85
一体に14.71
竹の皮16.19
溜まり14.19
客商売15.17
方位14.91
円柱形15.79
芸術的14.80
者ども14.63
お叱り14.75
あのね13.94
幽か13.93
寒風15.17
祈願14.92
意図的14.01
押し戻す14.74
近親者15.58
引退13.95
微睡14.89
賑わい14.35
出払い15.97
苦行14.69
上々14.36
14.91
至らない14.36
激怒14.16
言うことを聞かない14.98
見す見す14.69
すんでの所で14.79
冬毛15.94
並めて14.85
不格好14.70
ならでは14.24
一定13.46
長い間14.02
共演15.36
それが何か14.41
踏み潰す15.00
迫り来る14.20
シェフ14.75
誇張14.44
14.40
昨春16.99
神託13.96
とめど無く15.00
どんと来い15.31
食べすぎ15.33
長引く14.17
近縁15.87
15.48
詰まらぬ14.87
惚れ薬15.10
あれで13.75
畏怖14.15
寝耳に水14.93
14.59
表立って14.41
静まりかえる14.70
射しこむ16.34
湧き立つ15.62
14.46
我が家13.70
専属13.98
のそのそ14.91
苦労をかける15.31
葦毛16.07
健康体15.06
に渡って14.13
不治の病15.01
笑い転げる14.88
公約15.50
食べ過ぎ14.85
御墨付き16.42
薄暗がり15.32
大騒ぎ13.99
14.72
ビックリ14.14
露骨13.94

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