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
然れども15.81
複雑怪奇14.94
先年15.19
勤め先15.30
及ぼす14.22
ほっとひと息16.02
暗さ14.67
収益14.70
察するに14.10
澄み切る15.53
どこぞ14.10
によれば13.80
体たらく14.89
若き日15.11
そこら13.97
総意14.61
拭い去る15.47
おあつらえ向き15.25
朝晩15.15
参詣者16.57
其れも其のはず14.42
13.85
家々14.46
ごろ14.34
階段を登る15.31
指名13.88
隠し味15.01
竹篭16.42
ああやって14.64
何時もながら14.90
乗り換える14.78
マメ14.77
子種15.17
卑劣14.47
茄子14.92
手短14.51
再来週15.44
死神13.73
嶮しい15.86
くず粉16.29
気の利いた14.77
気付け薬15.53
ぴこぴこ15.75
寒々しい14.95
15.98
突っ掛かる16.16
取り返し14.43
理解に苦しむ15.04
当てはまる14.23
音なし15.31
頭痛14.01
そっか13.38
ひりひり15.27
泊り14.79
太刀打ち14.53
薄ら14.39
年下13.87
打ち震える15.21
泣き付く15.30
拗れ14.74
欲を言えば15.06
黄色い声14.79
身につく15.18
薄衣15.10
一人ぼっち14.68
我らが13.76
恵みの雨15.76
膝上14.86
ならともかく13.89
鬱憤14.52
建て直し15.14
目がくらむ15.58
勝ち目14.13
問い掛け14.21
ちっ13.66
単語13.67
一式14.25
探し当てる14.89
ケチ付ける16.18
気まま14.78
はらり15.48
以ての外14.69
頭の足りない15.81
昼中16.28
14.06
惜別16.05
選定14.15
ご遠慮ください16.22
公孫樹16.03
根菜15.04
粗削り15.82
残暑15.53
書き出す15.07
善悪14.76
儀礼14.28
精通14.49
今日び16.32
笑いとばす16.30
片端15.44
最後尾14.20

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