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
に付き13.90
悪くなる14.07
毛だらけ15.84
ふざけ14.01
突き出た14.76
絵画13.96
北側14.14
童男13.91
成人13.74
得手に帆を揚げる17.59
混じり合う15.53
お飯15.94
これ位13.58
一心14.63
神主15.21
明るむ15.49
特大14.32
今一13.88
拾15.11
好き好んで14.60
跳ね返る14.75
霊界15.30
貴賓室14.69
一層の事16.14
卑劣14.47
おさらい14.90
勉強13.22
手のうち15.79
梨園15.29
朱鞘17.42
人が悪い15.09
むすっと14.85
しらっと15.89
懼れる16.81
非理15.55
水も滴る15.78
打ち付ける14.13
琵琶15.07
合い席16.72
右隣14.67
相違14.60
おさらば14.86
組する15.73
回り回って15.79
四肢五体16.48
異性14.02
すくい上げる14.93
思い遣り15.54
粒餡16.39
お上手14.91
円柱形15.79
旦過14.35
がしっと15.12
直ぐさま15.11
御天道様16.59
澱み15.07
先導者15.35
がちで14.85
風通し14.96
追い立てる15.00
大あくび15.36
ちーん15.75
居心地いい15.86
殺し12.99
目が飛び出る15.70
休日13.94
危ぶむ14.82
あの様13.95
林道15.00
分つ14.77
一億14.72
末期14.67
貝14.21
小突く14.26
こればかり14.15
常勤15.80
ぐみ15.71
烈しい15.17
良さげ14.95
このため14.45
信じ難い14.75
血縁者14.84
裏事情14.88
今思えば14.46
慣習14.58
官庁15.43
どんと来い15.31
しじま15.63
見交わす15.46
嫡出16.51
植え付け14.61
受け取16.19
回し読み15.82
一閃13.92
追い打ちをかける14.78
暖気15.76
喧嘩を売る14.64
裏金15.34
薯蕷15.17
つかみ取る15.48

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