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
真後ろ14.53
成形14.84
投じる14.12
崖縁16.61
うわの空15.74
泡だつ16.21
あと一歩14.68
聞き分ける15.27
低層14.03
藍染15.60
浮かない顔14.80
初詣15.04
命ずる14.55
身近13.99
禿14.57
一掬い15.78
冬野菜16.40
分際14.46
経営管理17.11
穢らわしい15.58
持ち堪える14.88
獣道14.58
巻き上げ14.33
ああして14.57
子を宿す15.96
カラス14.16
切り方15.14
付け入る14.56
他所者15.69
高揚感14.61
真夜中14.43
占領14.10
悩み事14.87
くり抜く14.77
貧しい14.16
死因14.50
薄々14.22
言葉がみつからない16.75
棒読み14.56
開いた口がふさがらない15.79
おんぼろ15.64
おほほ14.82
漬物14.79
にせよ13.90
低語17.59
救われる14.40
儀礼14.28
相見える15.55
ほんじゃ15.36
火が点く16.06
逢いびき17.59
との事13.24
腹ごなし15.26
合い席16.72
全力13.10
大慌て14.50
殺気13.54
習性14.38
北側14.14
女の子12.92
譯ではない17.59
蹌踉15.79
萌葱16.61
交換条件14.83
味な14.86
特大14.32
にやっ13.86
寝苦しい15.23
厚かましい14.83
煮詰まる15.05
持ち直す14.35
秋月14.69
思いきり14.55
勘づく15.17
春雷15.57
一級品14.55
雪柳16.48
奇遇14.50
厄払い16.05
しま模様17.05
せせら笑い15.86
後退13.67
くくっ14.21
13.47
パクリ14.83
参上14.51
官職14.91
奥地14.48
興じる14.31
そういやあ15.64
気を利かす16.75
断言13.62
おさらば14.86
身を守る14.13
抱き抱える15.37
差し向ける14.28
粗末にする15.37
塞ぎ込む15.26
餓虎15.05
未成熟15.14

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