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
口もと14.63
頭をよぎる14.89
まる一日16.01
貧しい14.16
円価15.83
大河14.37
お裾分け14.92
めきめき15.11
世間話14.17
朝もや15.69
声にならない14.46
早起き14.52
まともに13.42
頭がまわる16.59
処ではない14.43
極寒14.67
孤独13.98
無縁14.13
煮方16.01
掛け合い14.87
生まれてこのかた15.46
吊り上がる14.83
泣き付く15.30
牕15.25
譯にはいかない17.59
見える化16.28
恩人14.10
なんざ14.10
密14.62
根源14.37
元通り14.17
新参14.79
忍びやか16.42
逃げ口上15.87
問題点14.29
積算15.33
了承13.62
お転婆14.65
立ち居振る舞い14.66
造作もない14.67
格好いい13.76
満腹14.48
暴虐14.45
空模様15.24
お喋り13.88
堅固14.30
一場面15.43
睨まれる14.65
うぐいす餡16.81
白を切る15.65
天ぷら14.48
治安13.89
そうなんです13.96
別段14.01
いい顔14.75
穫る15.61
もろ手15.58
はらり15.48
太陽13.32
侍女13.20
客席14.53
辛味15.03
吃る15.33
聞く耳14.55
自分独り16.23
少しも14.15
蝮14.13
等しく14.30
ふける14.63
家内安全15.92
参考13.77
形跡14.37
腹の虫が鳴る16.45
学13.95
藍染15.60
唐変木15.58
奇遇14.50
敵側14.72
残念なこと15.06
危ぶむ14.82
にこり14.08
意地っ張り15.07
結い方15.99
改める13.99
世知辛い14.84
ぴっちり15.14
かと言って13.61
一具16.85
胃もたれ15.30
儀礼14.28
中軸16.57
篤実16.28
傾斜14.47
言いさす17.59
無垢14.38
おみくじ15.17
望みどおり15.34
知ったことか14.77
あってこその14.99
丁度いい14.05

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