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
夜なべ15.69
佇み15.11
伏す14.60
恩を仇で返す15.33
嫌み14.77
役職名15.53
師弟14.67
分際14.46
めっきり14.91
翌年14.91
苛酷15.46
薩埵15.33
天ぷら14.48
吊り目15.47
厚め14.87
値上げ15.06
よちよち15.49
生食15.27
乳臭16.23
危機13.52
側近く15.70
先を急ぐ14.85
生まれつき14.46
内宴16.99
でれ14.63
徐ろに15.40
観客13.64
ひけらかす15.08
強いて言うなら14.69
ちゅー14.83
芥子15.09
げんなり14.36
班13.63
場違い14.19
昏れる15.61
狭量14.90
切らず15.04
害す14.17
例える14.46
瞠目14.62
揺らぎ14.28
溢れだす15.28
続々14.22
直ちに14.28
白亜14.56
空で14.50
申し合わせる15.48
裏切り者14.15
敵側14.72
運動13.74
青々14.66
工面15.09
今となっては13.99
剝がす14.92
固結び16.07
同期14.22
下位層15.21
鞘13.44
似つく14.06
法螺吹き16.36
三味15.51
店内13.76
満更14.83
火つけ16.19
お世辞14.48
うようよ15.25
名前をつける15.16
書院造り17.11
月初め15.86
労役15.16
ひと押し15.18
慎ましい14.67
肉親14.56
遊びにいく15.55
気取り14.69
発声練習15.54
麦茶14.86
屈す14.34
人徳14.91
ぱさり15.74
差し引く14.52
許しを乞う15.26
責め立てる14.78
年間13.72
ぼてっと16.35
死ぬ気で14.77
はてさて14.87
馬鹿げた14.29
取りなし15.00
色付け15.55
従順14.30
悪戯13.83
強ばる14.67
すりすり14.85
がらがら声16.69
ダシ14.79
業者14.25
粉塵14.56
悔い改め15.60
其処14.24

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