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
行路15.49
洗い物14.73
丸投げ14.24
国宝14.56
薯蕷15.17
小指14.35
手掛かり14.29
姿態15.57
お出かけ14.32
食べもの15.13
引っこむ16.12
霞む14.20
謳い文句15.39
浅瀬14.63
交互に13.91
夜遅く14.46
着ぐるみ14.32
ぽつりぽつり14.89
使い込む14.65
ごつん15.79
当て馬14.79
しょげる14.92
ひ孫14.97
藤色15.42
片棒15.15
差し金14.84
夜の帳14.87
直火15.61
訳ない13.74
決まり文句15.50
参考13.77
打ち付ける14.13
居心地いい15.86
涼む15.15
画廊15.17
コツ14.11
曲者14.80
主菓子16.99
15.70
行儀悪い15.62
戦争13.00
溌剌14.92
焼き芋15.02
衝立14.75
にやっ13.86
雅楽16.10
追いかけっこ14.50
食い潰す15.29
運搬費16.40
鋭利14.30
半生菓子17.11
聞きつける14.13
すっと13.91
お門違い14.98
ころんころん16.31
若気る15.34
部分12.81
とまれ15.28
断念14.45
取り組む14.14
何様14.71
定期13.48
場合によって13.78
淑やか14.86
及く14.53
緩い14.03
無骨14.30
箇所13.76
失格14.23
悪態14.13
母国14.72
尊き14.92
破体14.73
フタ14.70
豪語14.65
忍びない14.71
出様15.19
急激13.84
一日目14.64
摩尼14.85
向かい側14.53
算数14.90
朽果てる17.59
来訪14.06
誓って14.19
秘密13.31
月光14.21
生き返る14.12
音頭14.79
背く14.50
酒焼け16.12
板目15.54
激動14.95
角切り15.56
お立ち15.31
足腰14.65
御輿15.07
足を止める14.17
受けとる14.81
うぐいす色16.14

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