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
輸入量16.09
吹き上げる15.26
逸れる13.98
謳い文句15.39
禍々しい14.01
渋皮16.11
打って出る14.47
無いよりはまし16.03
小汚い14.83
打ち水16.21
早くから14.37
毛頭14.94
泣きわめく14.99
損なう14.20
凶作15.37
お飯15.94
一双13.97
日保ち16.23
龍脈15.23
大柄14.04
手相13.52
思いっきり13.66
玉眼17.59
踏みつける14.08
忍ばせる15.36
寝とる16.01
煮崩れ15.86
火付け役16.37
用件13.80
焦れったい15.13
汗水15.52
双丘14.94
悪口14.23
掴み上げる15.41
蒼白14.31
月初め15.86
極寒14.67
アリ地獄16.59
内燃15.61
造営15.47
腹が減る15.34
梨園15.29
おちょくる14.80
御安い17.29
後ほど14.29
直接的14.06
吊り上がる14.83
伝染す15.58
川幅15.11
興14.59
啄む15.20
坂13.76
お天道様15.42
運び出す14.41
誇張14.44
がしっと15.12
御供15.81
まし13.94
隣り14.37
見せ所15.67
書き込む14.05
煙管14.79
重病人15.70
山吹色15.42
渡韓15.23
連れ帰る14.40
記念すべき14.79
背の高さ15.08
準備万端14.60
四位14.87
良い話14.72
峠を越える16.05
蓑15.73
歩幅14.69
小鳥13.95
踊りだす15.55
問い返す14.31
直る14.38
無常の風16.94
お腹空く16.31
おしまい14.09
昔馴染み15.21
大あくび15.36
改装14.45
娯楽14.05
執筆14.29
法師14.84
好転14.56
二週間14.05
北門14.33
内なる15.03
どすんどすん17.59
由々しき14.87
男前14.47
風通し14.96
と言えども14.07
悔い改め15.60
鶏がら15.96
真心を込めて16.07
足掻き14.62

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