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
着ぐるみ14.32
つかみ取り15.81
世話になる14.74
現地13.87
鬼火14.93
多種多様14.26
数多13.88
夜を明かす15.18
これと同じ14.90
あな14.32
敵意13.67
大寄せ17.59
14.22
親の七光り15.75
早くから14.37
切れ長の目14.80
気兼ね14.48
14.76
遠目13.86
心配症15.55
下枝16.12
うじうじ14.93
13.85
言外14.31
冷え冷え15.15
積み上げる14.49
茶さじ16.75
腹減った14.79
獲得13.78
御楽しみ17.59
非礼14.55
しわを寄せる15.23
立ち会い14.91
14.12
境目14.59
止むを得ず15.59
しおらしい14.74
の所為で14.40
書き記す14.74
満ち溢れる15.40
ぴしっと15.29
戸を開ける15.45
呼びかける13.91
花色16.14
御用聞き15.72
がちで14.85
13.89
てへ14.88
居所14.82
艶めく15.59
花菱17.05
とっぷり15.33
買い物13.57
13.70
全面14.45
持ち歩く14.25
節穴14.89
ガラリ14.92
女関係15.76
身一つ14.73
ご機嫌取り15.00
先先代16.02
屈辱的14.77
この先13.52
薄笑い14.96
給仕13.97
知れば知るほど15.22
絡まり14.90
胸に突き刺さる15.30
無類14.93
パサパサ15.30
泣きべそ15.20
矢羽根15.54
啄む15.20
14.88
伝い14.51
ぴこぴこ15.75
練り上げる14.43
ぞろぞろ14.26
到来14.45
放棄13.78
その代り14.43
建て直し15.14
ですら13.29
目に見えて13.86
致命的13.78
鷲掴み14.36
努めて14.18
ひし15.32
手ほどき14.35
敷石15.40
任侠14.99
一句15.48
叩き込む13.56
思い巡らす16.81
許しを乞う15.26
先立って15.16
事の発端15.00
洗濯14.00
人間同士14.68

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