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
14.05
お飯15.94
14.76
雛人形16.05
お酌15.51
取り壊す15.35
威勢14.77
蘇る13.85
まる一日16.01
施策14.98
深雪14.54
ばら撒く14.68
明る15.36
思い巡らす16.81
後援15.22
俳句15.04
連なる14.06
聞きつける14.13
血肉14.41
やんごとない14.95
騒めき15.30
行方知れず15.05
人夫14.94
四位14.87
拭い去る15.47
どちらか13.67
固形14.94
言うまでもなく14.26
きりり15.06
に過ぎない13.53
名ばかり14.41
敗れる14.26
顔形15.79
へー13.80
円柱形15.79
お子様14.23
腐れ縁14.90
ぷかぷか15.17
良い目15.30
じゅるり15.30
突如13.69
気泡15.02
汗をかく15.19
絵になる14.69
斜眼14.48
丁半16.10
人材13.62
悔い改め15.60
溢るる16.02
嬉しいことに15.51
15.29
娯楽14.05
悲鳴を上げる14.10
道具屋14.54
人体実験14.75
事により13.78
三線15.90
次官14.80
片道14.69
地声15.64
げんなり14.36
地獄絵図14.74
創り出す14.33
交渉13.24
暖気15.76
含まれない15.08
待ち受け14.17
つかみ所16.09
手中に収める15.43
ぬかるむ14.89
消耗13.58
これにより14.27
とも言う14.32
浮舟15.59
一瞬にして13.88
打って出る14.47
置きに14.91
尋問13.98
誰にでも14.11
仲の良い14.37
何時ぞや14.53
血気盛ん14.85
帰って来る14.41
公然14.80
目を通す14.40
14.45
ただただ13.80
14.27
恋する14.34
残念なことに14.41
二倍14.25
後光14.85
顔を背ける14.75
出入15.52
馬事16.21
家々14.46
沁み渡る15.96
晩春15.91
命取り14.64
発端14.37

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