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
脱衣所14.55
月初め15.86
蕩ける14.49
若き日15.11
些か14.15
寝違える16.08
全っ然15.44
何時もながら14.90
用がある14.33
注ぎ口15.77
次々に13.79
つかえる14.94
心もとない14.64
鳩派15.87
思いの外14.54
運命的15.04
本式15.87
流布14.37
見付かる14.42
知らぬ間に14.76
混ぜ返す16.02
揺るぎない14.75
掌中の珠16.04
お陰14.09
酷似14.45
絹糸14.97
微睡14.89
地区13.99
自責15.28
どうなっている14.24
気にしない13.68
たれ込む16.25
まる一年16.66
問い返す14.31
譯にはいかない17.59
かしこ15.14
目くばせ15.36
ぷいっと14.85
渡韓15.23
やり過ごす14.23
お裾分け14.92
山を越す16.99
お構い14.87
喉から手がでる16.25
連なる14.06
化かす14.98
惚れ込む14.94
冴え14.58
坂13.76
面妖15.21
升15.12
難点14.42
丸見え14.59
コ14.67
惜別16.05
絵画13.96
死因14.50
恵みの雨15.76
掛け布団15.04
ぺったん15.48
精通14.49
救われる14.40
叱咤14.34
禍々しい14.01
させて頂く14.35
破獄14.33
祝事16.61
摂取14.33
済まぬ14.29
これぞ14.40
了承13.62
堕落14.48
人質13.66
行儀悪い15.62
体格13.64
がらがら声16.69
何があっても14.21
創める14.16
お札14.91
もろ手15.58
出口13.76
石臼14.97
他人事14.01
目をひく16.05
生え変わる15.75
挙げられる14.33
据え置く15.50
素質14.07
童14.38
馬鹿げた14.29
たるや14.59
花菱17.05
残り湯15.76
救助隊15.27
競う14.23
婿13.95
とは別に14.19
狩り13.18
百聞は一見に如かず15.64
沁み渡る15.96

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