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
熟し15.06
送り迎え15.16
平々16.69
成型15.31
返済14.46
枯らす14.95
一筋縄ではいかない14.91
食養17.59
現し世16.22
腹の虫が鳴る16.45
14.44
すくい上げる14.93
ふ化15.01
買い出し14.37
カラカラ14.50
纏わる14.36
根拠13.89
仮住まい15.39
当て推量16.13
一双13.97
半永久的15.10
手離し15.66
塩辛15.28
待ち伏せ14.24
すり減らす14.94
めっきり14.91
一部始終14.57
不道理17.29
ばれる13.70
さぼり15.24
大差14.11
吸い付ける16.26
開かれる14.09
あるに13.89
引きとめる15.59
不老不死14.50
脅かす14.14
振舞う14.18
おいおい13.46
拭き取る14.78
13.70
がしっと15.12
手のうち15.79
顔を背ける14.75
燃え上がる14.04
取り返し14.43
供進16.75
店屋15.82
刻み込む14.27
喋喋喃喃16.72
うわの空15.74
ねとねと16.39
用がある14.33
呑み込む14.00
ろくでなし15.10
風の便り15.95
向きになる15.93
とあって14.17
16.19
歩幅14.69
14.86
暫くすると13.97
14.67
16.18
紛れ込む14.21
その代り14.43
舌舐めずり15.36
生き延びる13.88
塗れ13.95
引用14.98
接する13.89
遠まわし14.95
お知らせ14.09
元はと言えば15.01
左団扇15.94
朝っぱらから14.77
起伏14.50
雑魚寝14.98
居住い16.29
所以14.14
井戸端15.74
黒塗り14.82
零れる14.17
毒々しい14.69
腑抜ける16.45
ぎゃあぎゃあ14.93
注連飾り17.59
十二単15.76
そういうもの13.77
狭量14.90
先を急ぐ14.85
縦しや16.19
林道15.00
思い巡らす16.81
一に14.26
散り14.34
壮大14.45
肉親14.56
見破る14.22
賭け事14.81

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