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
身じろぐ15.37
連枝15.80
試しに13.89
煮付ける14.53
就く14.03
お喜び15.01
別格14.47
目に見えて13.86
あと一歩14.68
だだ14.56
手を握る14.47
游ぐ16.25
縮図15.33
訪問者14.82
帰り支度14.91
選り好み15.23
着手14.74
思いきり14.55
惚れ薬15.10
蔓る15.23
平然14.05
畦道15.79
元嫁16.04
転げる14.53
利己14.09
下手したら14.35
時代の流れ15.26
余分14.36
青空14.06
計量15.38
照れ笑い14.97
起き抜け15.17
でき上がる15.53
むんず16.24
14.13
しおらしい14.74
丸見え14.59
13.33
拾いあげる15.92
一掬い15.78
無くちゃ14.97
塩辛15.28
目に留まる15.13
背の高さ15.08
独りぼっち15.09
ぺんぺん16.48
袋の鼠15.89
値段13.46
見向き14.60
編成13.88
笑い話14.52
手渡し14.10
待遇14.10
ばちばち16.48
冴え冴え15.93
野良猫14.99
正月飾り16.69
実父14.89
はぐらかす14.44
耐え抜く14.94
帯刀15.25
恋をする14.87
ひと休み15.73
隠し味15.01
何それ13.89
いか程15.03
雪原14.50
纏まり14.51
宝珠14.15
貴女達14.83
完結14.06
直筆15.02
立憲16.29
傾斜14.47
内なる15.03
冷厳15.49
正常14.00
配給14.70
高飛車14.91
加熱14.48
月日14.40
人妻14.85
名前をつける15.16
屈する14.46
度肝14.56
溜息を吐く14.11
吹雪く15.22
騒めき15.30
しいしい16.29
晒し者15.25
全力13.10
鏡面14.86
影も形もない15.40
ぬかるむ14.89
生死14.23
右奥15.41
命を削る15.40
二つとない15.72
渡り鳥15.04
鳴り14.07

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