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
勤労15.53
一筋縄ではいかない14.91
釘を刺す14.72
手相13.52
不潔14.79
どっぷり14.98
逆13.48
注文13.54
立ち合う15.18
語り継ぐ14.53
一心14.63
聴き取る16.55
不本意14.23
見れる13.74
忠義14.44
炭焼き14.90
子持ち15.02
こます16.64
なで肩16.06
好き好んで14.60
用心深い14.64
血縁者14.84
がん14.47
昔馴染み15.21
末裔14.36
前線13.66
御出で16.03
耳が痛い14.99
カラカラ14.50
カラメル15.16
獣道14.58
聞き上手15.38
浮き立つ14.87
雷鳴14.32
三体14.05
吹きこぼれる15.97
金時豆17.59
六人13.94
急死15.16
失礼ながら14.68
顔付き14.58
軽口14.05
精算14.73
生き返る14.12
無駄使い15.31
憎らしい14.72
花嫁衣裳15.47
湖13.38
気味の悪い14.77
袖口14.68
尻叩き15.83
吹き出物15.67
嘘偽り14.58
見破る14.22
浮ぶ15.05
打ち水16.21
あるに13.89
砂埃14.56
解せない14.90
障子紙16.02
分かれる13.99
騙し14.14
奥深さ15.59
言いつけ14.31
回り回って15.79
付近13.43
ではまた14.44
一昨日14.19
目を瞑る14.53
恨み言14.66
何のこと13.95
奇遇14.50
頰張る17.59
膝頭15.67
に依り16.01
親の心子知らず16.48
頂き物15.76
左端15.02
食いつなぐ15.34
裸体14.76
何時まで13.82
思わせる13.71
縁の下15.80
後遺症14.47
気にかかる14.76
寛恕15.55
壮年14.22
披露13.81
小突く14.26
俺達12.62
ちょっとやそっと14.79
反抗期14.63
むかし話17.11
雅13.97
丁半16.10
ぽとり16.14
聴き14.61
具材14.20
薫り14.70
御大層15.44

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