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
菊の花15.84
15.48
身じろぐ15.37
例える14.46
速め15.04
雪女15.09
老若男女14.61
使い道14.00
見通し14.22
収取16.18
突きあわせる16.45
待ちかね15.39
臥する13.59
幼名15.38
薄ら14.39
微粒17.29
鏡面14.86
奉公14.79
体裁14.37
土師器15.17
物陰14.28
前払16.81
雨雲14.79
周章16.72
死ぬ気で14.77
丸め込む14.87
新薬15.24
白菊15.39
重きを置く15.31
厄介払い15.12
14.28
溜め池15.35
だだっ広い14.77
人懐こい15.24
鉢合わせ14.60
午後13.43
味な14.86
血色14.61
ぞくぞく14.90
輪になる15.72
助平心16.45
御飾り16.39
仮託15.26
こそばゆい14.76
端から端まで14.92
見回り14.15
凍り付く14.25
水晶13.38
仕付ける15.94
幼友達16.00
六尺15.60
坪庭16.81
惚れ薬15.10
そり立つ17.11
待ち遠しい14.71
風通し14.96
一具16.85
四日13.94
受けとる14.81
図面14.45
快晴14.62
13.91
握り返す14.91
つき出し15.61
運動13.74
間口15.42
足止め13.76
掻きむしる14.83
二等分15.87
だらり14.54
芭蕉15.69
お弁当14.01
憎悪13.86
臥す14.91
ありのまま14.50
運搬費16.40
凌ぐ14.07
面倒みる15.80
五女15.67
手織り16.14
歎賞17.29
おんぼろ15.64
飲み口15.49
暑さ14.19
木漏れ日14.71
吹雪く15.22
によると13.63
向かい側14.53
宏図14.52
数の子16.04
三本足15.51
一心不乱14.47
引き合せる16.69
計量15.38
晩秋15.32
15.73
太股14.83
酒屋14.96
大の字14.60
うまくいく14.52

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