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
自慢じゃないが15.24
行かなくちゃ14.89
ガラス13.67
海苔巻き16.49
低語17.59
によると13.63
図面14.45
言いたげ14.45
男泣き15.40
1枚13.98
形影16.37
起きぬけ16.14
15.48
金になる14.73
息の緒17.59
取り壊す15.35
お陰様で14.82
端切れ15.42
なで肩16.06
数年13.75
ふかし芋16.10
目につく14.76
和らげる14.28
嗜み14.57
愛し愛される15.75
指定単14.13
知れば知るほど15.22
吸い付ける16.26
及く14.53
贔負16.59
涎を垂らす15.77
自力13.88
逃げ口上15.87
15.02
たげる13.92
大事にする14.55
味がする14.70
威勢よく15.04
地形13.75
少数13.90
ちぐはぐ14.62
官僚14.30
頭がまわる16.59
頭をよぎる14.89
非理15.55
囂しい15.63
開門14.76
移り変わり15.24
脳天14.33
隣同士15.00
好都合14.16
及ぼす14.22
立て直す14.11
手を離れる15.93
薬効14.59
混ぜ返す16.02
人助け14.61
しめ縄15.99
まん中15.48
おくびにも出さず15.07
綿花15.22
幾世14.37
新薬15.24
おせち料理15.80
耽ける16.57
思いつき14.25
巣篭もり17.11
品々14.42
ゴツゴツ14.70
13.83
先を行く14.88
店じまい15.13
煮沸15.44
干物14.55
向かい合わせ14.95
印象づける15.35
おいて13.53
誠にありがとうございます14.77
言うまでもなく14.26
子持ち15.02
怒濤15.11
まだら模様15.94
客用15.47
根菜15.04
威厳13.92
14.40
手がかり14.18
大妖15.27
当日13.91
中ば14.93
15.73
めげる14.62
鎖国15.05
巻き物16.10
首を捻る14.55
凝り14.92
お茶屋15.98
麺棒15.67
脛かじり16.81
不道理17.29

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