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
うるち米16.10
送り迎え15.16
異性14.02
14.46
浮き立つ14.87
意地汚い15.19
分野14.00
羽ばたく13.96
13.85
いたずら好き15.64
ひと味15.85
抱擁14.23
裏漉し15.97
霜柱15.73
病身15.64
追い立て14.68
景気14.72
腹心14.43
おみや15.42
あるに13.89
注ぎ込む14.06
持ちきり15.24
中てる14.84
搦め手14.68
御籤15.88
並行線16.89
夕飯13.91
股間14.27
焦げ臭い15.10
測る13.99
体裁14.37
遠征隊15.11
焦げ目15.06
コクがある16.04
乾き14.68
きらり14.35
何名14.47
お好み14.95
流される14.36
何てったって15.01
へぇー14.66
纏まり14.51
突っ慳貪15.34
手法14.15
甘酢15.60
煮えたぎる14.91
滝つぼ15.86
水を引く15.82
七時14.87
半数13.95
煙管14.79
不妊15.60
手元に届く16.06
鉱山労働者16.04
まんまと14.39
勝敗14.07
早朝13.84
風物詩15.23
商売13.44
独断14.32
創り上げる15.75
小指14.35
おあつらえ向き15.25
半量16.45
五月蠅15.12
挑む13.33
相まって14.02
飛び立つ14.05
寝不足14.43
降ろし14.13
脅かす14.14
御節料理16.55
調度14.91
一捻り15.64
お月さま15.58
水しぶき14.87
シジュウカラ16.53
一年中15.13
はるか遠く15.30
貧しい14.16
敗れる14.26
もう少しで14.13
虫の知らせ15.46
労い14.32
道案内14.46
信者13.92
くそババア16.61
補強14.14
型押し16.40
絡まり14.90
異例14.50
出ず14.47
うり二つ15.76
食べ過ぎ14.85
興味ない14.40
お願いだから14.33
お墨付き14.46
冷厳15.49
かちかち15.45
貪る14.21

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