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

Reading Time
5816 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
飲み下す74.76
ぽかぽか74.78
仰向け74.08
薄皮74.92
今更73.31
溢れ出す74.59
濡らす74.14
天女74.93
目立つ73.21
ぴくり74.29
衣擦れ84.98
その代わり83.75
官位84.82
程よく84.64
あからさま83.81
不相応84.82
しんどい84.39
虚しく84.33
頂点83.83
塗装83.70
83.84
方法82.86
軽やか84.06
清らか84.48
83.22
めでたい84.33
幼い83.35
反省83.53
83.64
84.04
82.93
痘痕85.58
多く82.66
悔いる84.83
醜い83.92
生家84.67
83.69
黒みつ86.45
83.37
ちょいと84.13
一面83.79
微笑む83.01
忠言85.18
って言う82.83
長ける83.91
高価83.78
我がまま83.88
この様に83.80
ふくよか84.69
已に82.85
回り83.63
向かい83.46
集う84.12
ころころ84.54
いやぁ83.76
に依る82.76
休める84.08
御心84.66
密か83.73
上機嫌83.88
神器84.04
掻く83.85
添う84.96
嫌味83.95
誇らしげ84.18
突き出す83.65
乱れる84.07
数え83.89
飾り立てる84.86
侍医84.02
毎朝84.38
やって来る83.06
足りる83.35
うーん83.12
気になる83.19
向かい合う83.83
干し84.36
素顔84.34
月見団子86.17
様になる83.45
瓶子86.11
くすぐる84.17
盆地84.71
押して83.73
白色84.37
餡子85.13
83.44
えへん85.01
すんなり84.06
開け放つ84.18
お主83.37
分だけ84.01
二日83.62
逆立てる84.62
不満83.21
83.54
抱きつく83.59
立ち上がり83.46
切角83.20
年増84.86

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