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
目に見えて13.86
再起14.94
旧道16.36
お使い14.22
浮ぶ15.05
要するに13.62
13.52
一尺15.72
雑魚寝14.98
ぽこぽこ15.62
芝居14.11
現実味14.48
飛んだ13.76
誠にありがとうございます14.77
思春期14.47
よお14.08
滝つぼ15.86
毛だらけ15.84
曲者14.80
囲碁15.25
引ったくり15.16
ちょこまか14.88
脅かす14.14
瓦解14.38
奴隷12.87
きりっと14.39
居心地がいい15.13
12.92
異存14.56
北の対16.99
几下15.34
こちとら14.64
花茎16.61
相見える15.55
嚙みしめる16.75
14.46
手縫い15.60
無垢14.38
身をひそめる16.02
ごっこ14.41
箸初め17.29
時を移さず16.66
暢気14.45
小路14.53
綺麗さっぱり14.75
搾り汁16.00
片時も14.95
乞い願う15.95
こんがらがる15.05
聖なる14.10
へばる14.84
握り潰す14.60
値上げ15.06
立て籠もる15.63
白雪14.48
ひと筋15.65
徒渉16.24
パクリ14.83
持ち堪える14.88
倚子14.45
ひと塊15.33
屈託14.72
指差す13.92
14.33
この上ない14.14
帰路に着く15.59
言い足す16.69
美男15.10
換え14.65
妬ける15.11
死なせる14.74
畏れ多くも15.31
爛れる14.98
自力13.88
出鱈目14.35
たくる15.69
ザラ14.99
旅立つ13.92
残念なこと15.06
引き合せる16.69
訳にはいけない15.79
月夜14.56
問題外15.24
特大14.32
闘い14.16
ご機嫌取り15.00
画廊15.17
まっぴら御免15.78
14.43
良薬15.76
申し分ない14.47
気高い14.35
澄明16.12
割り入れる16.61
直ぐにでも13.90
きゅうきゅう15.57
重厚14.18
溜め池15.35
連枝15.80
世間話14.17

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