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
庇護14.15
から下手15.39
頂ける13.53
置き忘れる15.20
平常心14.61
如何な14.48
化かす14.98
次官14.80
西日15.24
念のため13.66
産気づく15.50
何かしら13.50
手四14.23
迫り来る14.20
海栗14.45
ありがたく思う15.35
示唆14.01
しめる14.85
ぞわり14.84
意地っ張り15.07
大反対15.44
一時期14.33
定番13.98
薄茶色15.06
がぶる15.28
縁のない14.95
貢献14.04
もぐ14.36
分野14.00
二胡14.01
眠りにつく14.71
呼び戻し14.97
町中14.30
退治13.67
泣き崩れる14.64
御礼14.53
ひどい仕打ち15.82
泡だつ16.21
息を整える14.86
後にする14.01
勇気づけ15.28
振り向き様15.28
行かなくちゃ14.89
身分違い15.10
雨雲14.79
無意義16.53
重なり合う14.66
壮観14.62
恥じらう14.91
長旅14.43
家庭13.90
官職14.91
拵える14.86
無くちゃ14.97
目にとまる15.94
引き摺る14.33
げっそり14.82
語らう14.29
鼻で笑う14.49
あきまへん16.14
勢家13.43
何てったって15.01
空を切る14.79
引きのばし16.78
近況報告15.02
道草15.45
砂山15.13
取り逃がす14.67
年初15.77
落石15.04
産み落とす15.02
後釜14.97
保存13.86
屋形14.95
ズキン15.58
日数14.23
寿司14.43
彼岸15.10
一舐め15.80
幻聴14.50
素性14.12
指差す13.92
抵牾13.86
巻戻す17.29
やり遂げる14.39
称号13.46
っ気15.27
怖いもの見たさ15.44
程好い16.26
堕落14.48
寝巻き14.95
人懐こい15.24
完膚15.94
鳥かご15.24
太刀打ちできる15.21
鎬を削る15.94
色褪せる14.80
ぽってり15.78
意気込む14.35
可哀そうに14.57

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