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
可也15.21
くくっ14.21
楽天的15.34
苦行14.69
気がつく13.38
丸投げ14.24
主として14.61
薬効14.59
無知14.28
光波14.46
歯牙にもかけない15.28
周章16.72
押し倒し14.69
やぶ医者15.00
厚い壁15.80
侘び15.47
時間の無駄14.51
申し立て15.32
ぶくぶく15.12
逸れる13.98
算数14.90
銚釐15.29
薄膜15.80
目通り15.04
共感14.13
目方15.74
丹塗16.89
先を急ぐ14.85
胸を膨らませる15.92
気の抜けた14.51
突きあわせる16.45
名子14.16
滅ぶ13.92
そうこう14.48
猿滑17.11
野焼16.18
出遅れる14.64
意気込む14.35
捕縛13.84
お目通り15.16
山びこ16.57
笑む14.57
平衡14.13
筋の通った15.48
人聞き15.01
尻叩き15.83
魅入る14.54
杜撰14.87
ぎょろり16.00
口を入れる17.05
天晴れ15.38
赤茶色14.91
浮かす14.64
寝言14.48
引っ越す14.68
手渡し14.10
ひた走る15.13
閃き14.61
実感が湧く15.97
衝立14.75
立膝16.35
14.33
寄りすがる16.75
鎮座14.20
無心14.52
お喋り13.88
満腹14.48
やり遂げる14.39
追いかけっこ14.50
巻き物16.10
登坂15.66
午前13.84
壊滅13.76
天寿を全うする15.95
14.46
騒ぎ13.37
白飯15.28
この後に及んで15.72
護衛12.82
13.88
同行13.40
まとも13.58
不老不死14.50
彫刻14.31
こそこそ14.24
ご心配なく14.74
13.31
雨雲14.79
やり過ごす14.23
日が暮れる14.52
親鳥15.30
焼き畑16.10
建て替え15.45
五時14.78
売り場14.75
寝れる14.95
大勝15.26
紛う15.44
重箱15.16
拗れ14.74

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