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
神格化15.00
おほほ14.82
忍びやか16.42
15.48
鳴き真似15.93
12.66
洞穴14.29
隣地16.78
偶然にも14.62
強み14.35
暢気14.45
僣用15.70
子連れ15.11
紛うことなき15.12
露知らず15.04
狩り13.18
むかし話17.11
我が家13.70
14.21
何もの14.30
この先13.52
海沿い14.89
損じる15.65
度肝14.56
挙げられる14.33
焼き畑16.10
逃げ口上15.87
帰還13.35
てんから15.88
登坂15.66
何時もながら14.90
居住まいを正す15.13
仲を取り持つ15.63
才幹16.09
悪神14.42
よろしくお願いいたします14.03
手纏14.22
為す術14.62
震え声15.13
手ほどき14.35
ぞえ14.47
相反する14.61
末端14.35
共存14.33
寿命を延ばす15.84
胸いっぱい15.16
固結び16.07
目がくらむ15.58
お姉さん13.31
峠を越える16.05
今さっき14.65
とどめを刺す14.88
脱出13.49
世話係14.77
自然律16.99
花嫁衣裳15.47
一丁14.83
じゅるり15.30
胸焼け15.12
連枝15.80
敵側14.72
ぐうの音もでない16.08
あんぽ柿17.59
呉服屋15.73
無駄にしない14.86
皆無13.79
戒め14.43
どれか14.37
時間がかかる13.81
ゴクリ14.44
私ごと15.71
首を縦に振る14.61
板目15.54
っこ15.04
泥棒猫15.16
噛み殺す14.24
耽る14.41
収支14.87
思いで14.02
孟浪15.56
塩漬け14.60
手繰り寄せる15.17
気付け薬15.53
嫉妬深い15.11
辛口15.00
一味違う15.16
晩春15.91
雅楽16.10
資源14.01
14.74
菊の花15.84
酒屋14.96
修繕14.43
13.02
黄緑色14.95
きゅうきゅう15.57
踏み台14.52
穴ぐら15.84
落差14.75
毛だらけ15.84

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