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
生花15.42
雑用14.25
疲弊14.10
13.92
満腹14.48
ぼてっと16.35
唐戸14.97
血眼15.01
口裏合わせ15.61
薄らぐ15.05
探し回る14.57
少しも14.15
御社15.63
恐縮13.95
いよう14.09
四十13.76
安心感14.20
と言えども14.07
えーと13.59
捩じる15.46
背中を丸める16.22
声かけ14.63
人垣14.47
練れる14.83
間際14.31
参詣者16.57
ご機嫌取り15.00
いつ何どき17.19
茶筒16.23
関税14.79
劣弱16.39
14.81
説き付ける17.59
お待ちかね14.97
手を握る14.47
練り上げる14.43
聞き惚れる15.27
14.94
非難13.84
成型15.31
なーんだ15.13
差し伸べる14.08
紡ぐ13.79
口出し14.21
若かりし頃15.12
何とかして13.87
手詰まり14.79
文雅16.25
ふざけ14.01
愛想笑い14.49
血塗れ14.35
口に運ぶ14.35
色めく14.97
元嫁16.04
見回り14.15
鼻っ柱15.19
息の緒17.59
喧騒14.09
潔癖14.90
気に留める15.19
深傷16.22
明らかになる14.82
機先15.09
ふりかけ15.29
直火15.61
恨みを買う15.05
創り上げる15.75
水菓子15.95
警備13.42
世話人15.80
初老14.19
滅法14.96
問題点14.29
剣幕14.36
13.43
誤字13.82
実物14.28
畏れ多くも15.31
火の元15.92
零し14.20
立ち往生14.94
火照り15.25
お河童15.06
不可視14.17
貧弱14.40
十二日15.17
一望14.62
すり減らす14.94
ばれる13.70
返済14.46
乏しい14.07
自我14.06
手鼻16.89
今しがた14.40
積算15.33
ごき15.50
早すぎる14.36
もう少しで14.13
鶏がら15.96
頭領14.47

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