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
見れば見るほど15.04
居心地いい15.86
山羊14.34
水浴び14.40
指触り16.75
ねばねば15.70
救世14.30
左肩14.31
林道15.00
火灯し頃17.59
警備13.42
戦力12.93
嘗14.42
言うことを聞かない14.98
無駄使い15.31
天寿を全うする15.95
強み14.35
きれい事15.37
シジュウカラ16.53
横向く16.99
安息14.71
凍り付く14.25
ダシ14.79
塞がる14.19
ため息を吐く14.26
またもや14.18
前後13.65
申し分ない14.47
楮15.98
高等14.44
風邪をひく15.42
ごろつく16.64
草木14.26
あんぽ柿17.59
空の旅14.89
すきま風15.89
等しく14.30
石灰15.08
再起14.94
理解に苦しむ15.04
いい歳15.08
残骸13.91
頂ける13.53
やるせない14.65
楽々14.77
腐れ縁14.90
登坂15.66
出生14.78
慎ましい14.67
施し13.91
強請14.85
口五月蝿い17.29
急死15.16
男前14.47
拾15.11
老若男女14.61
だけど12.44
うまくいく14.52
立ち合う15.18
渦中14.63
窶れ14.66
推敲15.26
川の字15.46
型押し16.40
打ち水16.21
炭火15.21
戦禍15.30
尋問13.98
街道筋15.68
輪っか14.70
宜しければ13.89
神葬祭17.29
引っ込み15.04
アホ13.68
桐箱16.19
指定単14.13
そっぽを向く14.68
そうだね13.30
威風堂々14.92
零れる14.17
八百屋14.91
泣き付く15.30
泣きわめく14.99
体裁14.37
誰にでも14.11
死体13.16
にやっ13.86
総意14.61
人命14.75
晩春15.91
成っていない13.89
縮15.29
赤い糸15.43
きめ細か15.90
夕焼け14.51
一目散に14.38
双丘14.94
牙保15.23
摘み食い15.87
足蹴14.89

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