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
否応15.33
晩秋15.32
古今15.20
きしきし15.86
先入観14.63
追っかけ14.78
提げる15.00
苦し紛れ14.71
間取り14.78
淑やか14.86
漁る14.16
目を引く14.57
確かめ13.70
後半13.77
ぐるりと14.00
畏れ多くも15.31
振れる14.51
予約14.05
神主15.21
布切れ14.93
目論む14.40
薬箱15.49
火付け役16.37
大柄14.04
拗れ14.74
辛く14.04
うつ伏せ14.35
滞り15.21
気負う14.57
私か14.81
馬鹿げた14.29
お蔵入り15.33
構わない13.22
口五月蝿い17.29
張り上げる14.00
身も心も14.67
御腰17.29
手詰まり14.79
これ幸い14.60
枯らす14.95
無意味13.75
丸煮15.29
脱兎の如く15.19
あれ以来14.79
つらつら14.55
貢献14.04
単に13.46
肩にかかる15.42
野犬14.48
召し使う17.59
中ほど14.75
まし13.94
大化16.53
息を整える14.86
深傷16.22
で成らない14.78
売りに出す15.17
ふっ飛ぶ15.22
菜種油15.82
淀み14.65
と金14.40
猫をかぶる16.24
首をすくめる15.50
来週14.26
方針13.57
至らない14.36
自棄14.66
合わせる顔がない15.45
天晴れ15.38
へなちょこ15.66
こと細かに16.01
世人15.92
顕著14.36
愛おしい14.54
美男15.10
おんぼろ15.64
物価14.71
悪戯13.83
人並み14.52
兄妹13.80
このため14.45
着地点14.97
たらしい14.18
絞りかす16.23
買って出る15.44
見当たる14.19
思い悩む14.37
13.48
分配14.26
本腰14.84
要するに13.62
食い止める14.18
涎を垂らす15.77
走り込む14.87
郁々16.15
ひと味15.85
用命15.45
仮納14.37
邪険14.51
親鳥15.30

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