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
言葉に詰まる14.53
愛想笑い14.49
14.54
がったり15.16
捩じれ16.06
然もなければ15.17
淑女13.96
解明14.27
守護者13.82
倚子14.45
坊ちゃん14.23
飛散14.84
ざっくばらん15.26
しま模様17.05
ようと14.57
託け14.95
木の葉14.22
好転14.56
白飯15.28
降臨14.07
それだから15.05
用心深い14.64
北門14.33
ちゃんちゃんこ16.34
臆する14.57
殿方14.17
かどうか13.06
掘り下げる14.82
偶然にも14.62
紡ぎ14.56
ほっとひと息16.02
討ち入る16.59
賄賂14.43
捷い14.99
ベタ14.75
13.53
乳幼児15.30
遊興15.58
押し潰す14.82
満ち溢れる15.40
相見える15.55
暫くすると13.97
豪語14.65
天気14.09
掛け米15.47
抑え込み14.90
鎮火14.81
一式14.25
算数14.90
浄火15.35
見覚えのある14.02
人目につく15.34
足を速める15.43
紙片14.58
宛も14.44
さぼり15.24
頂き物15.76
拗る14.89
子宝に恵まれる16.28
鳴き真似15.93
一まとめ14.99
考え出す14.70
愚女16.89
線上15.34
昼休み14.17
しむ15.19
一丁14.83
急死15.16
不治の病15.01
具材14.20
帰宅13.93
空の旅14.89
瘦せぎす16.99
取り込み14.43
建築物14.52
宣言13.25
萌葱16.61
首をすくめる15.50
冴え14.58
店内13.76
たけり狂う17.29
空模様15.24
新年早々15.51
15.18
ぐうの音もでない16.08
残像14.43
かしゃかしゃ15.73
用件13.80
半面15.20
口を挟む14.16
何時か14.81
仲の良い14.37
薄明るい15.79
垂れ込め16.01
恨みを買う15.05
スリ14.58
名分14.86
困りごと15.60
特権14.19
長屋14.70

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