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
しむ15.19
何もの14.30
引き下げ15.27
怯懦15.45
こほん14.62
現し世16.22
禿14.57
パサパサ15.30
辛くも14.79
画角15.49
場違い14.19
生食15.27
たげる13.92
威風堂々14.92
すり潰す14.70
身を守る14.13
もの凄い14.29
箸初め17.29
客席14.53
三角14.42
裏切り者14.15
誕生13.78
薄々14.22
何名14.47
腹時計15.67
これぞ14.40
むしゃむしゃ15.20
領する15.88
はぶ15.12
真夜中14.43
手鼻16.89
悪徳14.43
色付け15.55
独断14.32
やぶ医者15.00
早とちり14.90
貼り付ける15.15
心がまえ16.11
ドクダミ15.22
蜜ろう16.85
金魚の糞15.68
懐い14.25
言うことを聞かない14.98
打ち震える15.21
取り返し14.43
痛っ14.34
七時14.87
脱出13.49
じゃぶじゃぶ15.70
大の14.23
名産品15.22
年齢13.21
楽天的15.34
潤み15.14
常連14.34
簀垂れ15.83
私か14.81
ばね14.73
濃やか15.93
長夜17.05
苔むす15.20
殺気13.54
見付かる14.42
うり二つ15.76
から下手15.39
だだっ広い14.77
ほんの一握り15.12
脱衣所14.55
後遺症14.47
喃々13.84
たけり狂う17.29
になって初めて15.13
なう14.82
成因16.81
同日14.88
尋問13.98
見たところ13.84
昨日今日14.95
汚染14.24
取り込み14.43
泊り14.79
魅了13.49
所有物14.54
立ち直る14.19
筬15.18
汚いやり方16.34
火の元15.92
手渡し14.10
当てはまる14.23
畏怖14.15
休み明け15.42
お互い13.30
見当もつかない14.71
謹んで14.67
救助隊15.27
交わり14.96
侍女13.20
穴を開ける14.93
手のかかる15.05
暢気14.45

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