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
害虫駆除15.54
死す14.33
身が持たない15.57
どうしたって14.43
ぴくぴく14.66
剣山15.25
特定13.61
抗14.74
飛んだ13.76
薄らぐ15.05
鰯15.58
枸櫞16.78
こんがらがる15.05
渡り歩く14.70
看取る14.92
何やつ16.11
班13.63
不道理17.29
抵牾13.86
宜しければ13.89
利き13.97
歯朶14.89
一役14.76
差出人14.66
注ぎ込む14.06
日数14.23
鈴虫15.71
いよう14.09
言葉がみつからない16.75
外交13.96
節々14.86
念願14.52
引っこむ16.12
功徳15.13
絶大14.02
香炉15.28
後腐れ14.95
呑み込む14.00
文雅16.25
いやん15.06
睨み合い14.56
内宴16.99
に過ぎない13.53
先導者15.35
初夏14.63
淑やか14.86
邪気14.46
刺客14.14
力添え14.84
風邪ひく15.54
暢気14.45
老いぼれ14.85
格好いい13.76
手渡し14.10
強いて言うなら14.69
大切な人14.14
鳥屋15.09
刷子15.21
どうしようもない13.70
送り火16.26
一日二日15.02
断ち切る14.09
意地悪い15.49
細細とした17.29
おみくじ15.17
物思いに耽る15.56
仰せ言17.42
落とし物15.25
練り合わせる15.74
乳幼児15.30
人聞きの悪い14.84
汚物14.49
道化師14.57
ヒヒーン15.70
密談14.64
吹き上げる15.26
頭が冴える16.36
立ち向かう13.92
逆さ14.64
指を離す15.79
現物14.54
望むところ14.41
惨たらしい14.99
拘る14.18
井戸水15.13
鳩尾14.36
利他14.08
無理のない14.79
一存14.70
眠りにつく14.71
地軸16.09
直火15.61
生産13.50
悲愴15.18
雪崩れ込む15.39
あつらえ向き16.05
図太い14.50
強き14.53
すっ飛ぶ14.48
紙一枚15.76

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