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
遺跡13.39
写経15.85
漁港15.07
沸き起こる14.70
自決15.01
村長13.44
お淑やか14.70
畏れ多い14.81
供進16.75
雷鳴14.32
後継者14.01
干物14.55
祖父13.41
薄桃色14.85
明け暮れ14.83
怒らせる14.47
安息14.71
泥棒猫15.16
専属13.98
洗い物14.73
悪態をつく14.80
名字14.50
精根15.52
いう通り14.93
出かける13.56
口を挟む14.16
屈託14.72
心残り14.59
疎む14.44
晩秋15.32
糊化16.89
まし13.94
平常心14.61
一緒くた16.42
と言えども14.07
飛散14.84
転舵13.34
四日13.94
眼尻16.13
ねちこい17.29
おさらば14.86
いたづら16.55
思いのまま14.82
伏して14.44
努めて14.18
搾り出す15.02
堅苦しい14.25
日にち14.87
断念14.45
見にくい15.22
手にのる17.29
小っさい15.28
飯炊き15.61
二段14.64
未申17.11
ふてぶてしい14.67
わあわあ15.53
手纏14.22
代わりになる14.79
休す16.89
偏見14.33
言い足す16.69
青白い13.83
心もとない14.64
原価14.95
徒渉16.24
出払い15.97
座す14.33
きめ細かい15.40
誕生13.78
暴挙14.34
可愛げ14.50
方形15.57
拝見14.24
湧泉16.99
噛み合う14.34
前脚14.53
生き返る14.12
蘭画14.34
残り僅か15.22
きしきし15.86
粒状15.89
方針13.57
面妖15.21
演技13.74
語り継ぐ14.53
腹減った14.79
堅い14.07
袖口14.68
成人13.74
大騒ぎ13.99
人使いが荒い15.44
ああして14.57
借地16.28
調子はずれ16.19
14.46
15.08
とくとく15.58
お言葉ですが14.97
謝罪文15.78

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