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
跳ね上がり14.95
相も変わらず14.61
邪険14.51
割に13.65
春寒16.85
呵々14.29
草むら14.45
投じる14.12
おさらい14.90
白ひげ15.89
喧嘩を売る14.64
倒さ13.79
恭しい14.16
銅板15.40
ってば13.84
かちかち15.45
親心14.95
ぴくぴく動く16.21
踏まえる13.97
好奇心13.79
供え15.10
許容14.09
泥棒猫15.16
腕を上げる15.31
新芽15.26
あんな風に14.27
お上手14.91
塩辛15.28
愛想笑い14.49
絵画13.96
無きにしもあらず15.59
同種14.56
野道15.87
年初15.77
のそのそ14.91
拗れ14.74
分際14.46
勢いづく15.03
捩じ込む15.60
古儀15.50
五女15.67
誉れ高い15.40
細か14.03
声かけ14.63
自我14.06
仕上がり14.40
ようにする13.59
労い14.32
ある時13.98
揺らめく14.25
烙印14.84
大量虐殺15.32
本音13.60
渦中14.63
今だかつて15.31
ぶつかり合う14.29
ぐるぐる巻き14.79
一掬い15.78
蕪15.29
馬鹿らしい14.34
友達13.17
譯にはいかない17.59
目通り15.04
思いの外14.54
前払16.81
目で追う14.71
半数13.95
田下駄16.89
粗い15.02
奮起14.58
脇腹13.94
ずらかる15.36
同日14.88
買い付け14.59
打ち震える15.21
身の安全14.39
明け暮れ14.83
念願14.52
独りでに15.22
一団13.81
表立って14.41
遣える15.37
見交わす15.46
世話役14.60
楔14.30
悪戯13.83
何だこれは14.48
客分15.25
愛の巣15.45
手を上げる14.56
零し14.20
息ぴったり15.50
ぷりぷり14.88
べろり16.43
うり坊15.98
酉16.18
煮えくり返る15.19
換え14.65
さかい15.01
とくとく15.58

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