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
乾き14.68
説き付ける17.59
平伏14.85
ツノ14.96
熔岩15.71
その点で14.57
卸値15.77
布切れ14.93
如何程15.48
抜きんでる15.22
恐14.72
無類14.93
聴き取る16.55
性に合う15.97
そぼ降る16.31
葬儀14.37
まず無い14.48
告知14.45
ぽかり15.12
田作り16.48
旅立つ13.92
騒めき15.30
又候15.19
惨たらしい14.99
境遇14.09
嘖む16.49
脳みそ14.38
三大14.29
見当たる14.19
出しゃばる14.85
借地16.28
姉妹13.57
大人の事情15.23
代表13.41
死なせる14.74
高飛車14.91
計画的14.81
お待ちかね14.97
こます16.64
満更でもない14.78
隣接14.23
何処となく13.87
半人前14.84
立膝16.35
放牧15.03
所有権14.51
下煮14.28
身一つ14.73
潤み15.14
後退13.67
大の14.23
粗末にする15.37
打ち込む13.87
目的地13.63
寝る時間15.02
煮崩れ15.86
我らが13.76
眼球14.13
私ごと15.71
打ち震える15.21
変わり者14.45
心の闇15.32
防ぎ13.96
居心地いい15.86
成り立ち14.65
考え出す14.70
親族14.12
極める14.04
死んだも同然15.57
柘植15.34
泣き付く15.30
ごく偶に15.63
行き会う16.25
後ろ楯15.67
そんだけ14.82
お召し15.10
這いつくばる15.06
かつてない14.53
生き血15.19
客分15.25
細々とした14.62
おかげ様で14.46
数の子16.04
冴え渡る15.09
重い罪15.36
麻14.33
行きしな16.45
常勤15.80
哀しい14.50
見て見ぬふり14.82
前者14.06
仕付ける15.94
新芽15.26
見本14.34
老いぼれ14.85
和む14.27
十二日15.17
苛酷15.46
魅了13.49
何れも此れも14.45

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