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
言葉を濁す14.74
死んでも13.95
赤褐色15.05
から下手15.39
14.44
手をとる15.51
よちよち15.49
弱気14.34
寝泊り14.92
追っかけ14.78
一式14.25
枯らす14.95
太め14.98
五女15.67
生まれ故郷14.83
なんて事14.08
具材14.20
つんと来る16.37
出席13.87
お茶汲み15.91
どうって事ない15.09
おちょくる14.80
どっちも14.07
大の14.23
練れる14.83
膝関節15.50
息つく15.18
座頭16.53
物陰14.28
運搬費16.40
ろ紙15.34
一代14.67
道順14.92
ぱさり15.74
好都合14.16
根から15.37
金時豆17.59
カラカラ14.50
押し切る14.17
14.84
くるっと14.90
朱鞘17.42
鎮火14.81
杓文字15.92
お子様14.23
歴史的14.48
釣り合い14.80
信じ難い14.75
串刺し14.34
気をつける14.31
巻き上げ14.33
無骨14.30
心の内14.49
転げる14.53
土足で15.00
明るむ15.49
半量16.45
夜通し14.72
至らない14.36
薯蕷15.17
蹌踉15.79
歯朶14.89
分かりやすい13.71
塗りつける15.22
隠し玉14.93
やり過ごす14.23
山吹色15.42
脇道14.73
厚い壁15.80
入れ替わり14.35
虚脱感15.19
所有物14.54
ごほごほ15.77
巣穴14.32
鼻っ柱15.19
身の安全14.39
浮き14.40
憎さ15.17
思いのまま14.82
辛味15.03
あっつあつ16.19
望むところ14.41
文雅16.25
一人ひとり14.62
片時も14.95
泣き言14.55
我らが13.76
知らぬ間に14.76
荒ぶ14.88
鳴り渡る15.81
間髪入れず14.34
めきめき15.11
押し入り15.60
一舐め15.80
移り変わる14.82
胸に突き刺さる15.30
若くして14.56
申し合わせる15.48
煽り14.33
注ぎ込む14.06

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