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
大した13.24
とめど無く15.00
放棄13.78
晩春15.91
ぺたん14.58
鼻腔14.61
円やか16.26
強いて14.38
寝惚け眼15.68
口五月蠅い16.89
心構え14.34
起きぬけ16.14
未だに13.45
恥ずかしがる14.73
片道14.69
語らう14.29
残り湯15.76
居心地の良い15.31
減らず口15.05
雪原14.50
孤立14.21
得意満面15.31
おいおい13.46
べた15.28
残念なことに14.41
家内安全15.92
戒飭17.29
恥じらう14.91
すり込む15.51
造作もない14.67
葦毛16.07
引き摺る14.33
赤い糸15.43
脅かす14.14
合奏15.47
懐に入る15.18
お待ちかね14.97
そり14.50
方位14.91
処ではない14.43
巻き物16.10
寿司14.43
足先14.62
露骨13.94
井戸端15.74
訳ない13.74
切り出し14.47
ずらかる15.36
ぴょこぴょこ14.99
澄み切る15.53
子を宿す15.96
ふるい落とす15.73
危ぶむ14.82
換え14.65
用命15.45
伊達に14.42
恍ける14.87
輪郭14.27
麦茶14.86
そっぽ14.16
吹きこぼれる15.97
立ちくらみ15.32
うぐいす餡16.81
道草15.45
書き写す14.74
爆音14.17
白羽14.14
で成らない14.78
行司15.55
ぴか一16.29
甘噛み15.03
正面口15.91
執り行う14.36
木偶14.99
白を切る15.65
文雅16.25
一閃13.92
薄化粧15.60
啓く15.34
そうもありません15.53
飯粒16.46
指を鳴らす14.56
干物14.55
底値15.34
毛羽立つ15.90
宝物14.15
家中14.56
引っ掛け14.54
膝頭15.67
読み上げ14.66
屈託14.72
投稿13.57
現地13.87
内なる15.03
旦過14.35
真夜中14.43
辞する15.24
打って出る14.47
泥まみれ15.04
書き出す15.07

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