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
直ぐさま15.11
我関せず14.72
血走る14.24
時間の無駄14.51
抵牾13.86
14.61
からすると13.77
悲哀14.71
個人店16.30
余所者14.63
がたり15.21
跳ねのける15.33
門下15.68
胃もたれ15.30
客席14.53
海栗14.45
そぐう15.06
金魚の糞15.68
冷え冷え15.15
列ぶ15.66
座版14.43
ろくでなし15.10
塗被紙16.89
切り方15.14
遊びにいく15.55
貧しい14.16
通年15.74
眉尻14.66
歓声13.51
仕付ける15.94
半永久的15.10
安息14.71
低語17.59
軽率14.55
原価14.95
集中力14.05
歯茎15.46
駆けずり回る14.97
山中14.43
との事13.24
月初め15.86
切らず15.04
膿み15.89
正面口15.91
玉砕14.82
大柄14.04
打ち付ける14.13
生まれてから14.44
ひと押し15.18
手水鉢16.85
袋の鼠15.89
冴え冴え15.93
脱兎の如く15.19
笑い飛ばす14.45
早る14.24
起伏14.50
磯の香り15.63
煮詰まる15.05
片目14.16
蕎麦屋15.57
動詞14.19
待たせる14.53
注ぎ入れる16.21
紙片14.58
高床式15.79
鳴き真似15.93
人懐っこい14.53
不満げ14.28
いろは14.78
お稽古15.08
苦言を呈する15.08
浮き立つ14.87
晒し者15.25
手繰り寄せる15.17
塩漬け14.60
吹き消す15.75
出入り口14.00
入れ替わる14.14
引かれる14.40
言いぐさ15.27
13.41
地雷14.23
釜師14.47
ほやほや15.18
お灸15.28
13.76
若しや13.84
林道15.00
一句15.48
相反する14.61
至らない14.36
出入15.52
画角15.49
画本15.67
14.72
批難14.74
仕上がり14.40
ぴこぴこ15.75
涎を垂らす15.77
奥地14.48

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