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
百聞15.75
真に14.02
声をあげる14.00
顔を突き合せる17.29
にこめ15.50
待ち受け14.17
毛足15.22
意地汚い15.19
提出13.96
実父14.89
14.40
花盛り15.86
河岸段丘16.85
何時もながら14.90
苦し紛れ14.71
嫌気14.62
笑い皺15.79
時たま14.75
射つ14.57
14.59
産み落とす15.02
くちゃくちゃ15.65
臥する13.59
包囲13.73
切り方15.14
野良着16.14
螺子14.56
横倒し14.78
保存13.86
当の13.96
卓越14.46
人を食った15.32
顔合わせ14.25
宝珠14.15
気泡15.02
注目13.52
お伴15.09
塗り替える14.60
菜種油15.82
禁止13.64
出ず14.47
取り囲む13.74
脱衣所14.55
熟成14.42
迫り来る14.20
期間13.58
口五月蠅い16.89
灰汁抜き16.04
躓き15.13
15.12
図面14.45
威嚇13.76
綺羅14.04
年甲斐14.93
瓦解14.38
耳を傾ける14.39
ひと舐め15.98
きしきし15.86
パリ14.70
替わり14.75
強いて言うなら14.69
お河童15.06
14.68
止むを得ず15.59
完売14.95
用命15.45
色々あって14.33
引っこ抜く14.53
14.06
引き返し14.39
とっくの昔14.59
ぴょこぴょこ14.99
書写15.98
汚物14.49
その筈14.29
その結果13.53
ひと塊15.33
ほど良く14.71
もち粉16.75
体外14.54
重きを置く15.31
底辺14.45
固形14.94
あるに13.89
目をつける15.56
同い年14.14
14.46
小松菜15.74
異父15.84
二つとない15.72
無知14.28
当前15.37
無骨14.30
口五月蝿い17.29
日取り14.63
上昇13.21
怒濤15.11
14.33
定める14.00
ただ酒15.86

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