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
書き込む14.05
果てしない14.98
手に入れる13.71
きゅうきゅう15.57
麻縄16.08
煮やす14.81
のうのう14.84
愛想14.26
とめど無く15.00
足しげく15.61
自慢じゃないが15.24
皇帝13.15
甘えん坊14.79
雨漏り15.39
13.41
15.85
見覚えがある14.32
唯一無二14.28
こそばゆい14.76
お出かけ14.32
化け物13.42
鬼の目にも涙16.22
尋問13.98
ぐらり14.55
何とやら14.92
些細13.89
14.21
摘みとる17.11
貫禄14.56
神社14.02
血液13.95
大筋14.93
倭歌14.93
13.70
掌る16.51
とか何とか14.08
かよ13.36
送り火16.26
馴染み深い14.99
一存14.70
庶民13.84
負けん気15.27
大人の事情15.23
家中14.56
目眩14.39
隠し玉14.93
袖口14.68
縁の下15.80
すかすか15.89
格差社会15.62
勢いづく15.03
器具14.34
怨めしい15.79
絵になる14.69
からくり14.95
気味の悪い14.77
かけ声14.95
完治14.55
木漏れ日14.71
突き合わせる15.28
ぴくぴく14.66
惜別16.05
否応15.33
間近13.76
16.00
マメ14.77
ゴツゴツ14.70
生々しい14.40
小雨14.95
三途の川15.59
主軸14.84
遠く及ばない14.77
付け込む14.75
表立って14.41
二つとない15.72
心の内14.49
赤褐色15.05
先先代16.02
ごま粒16.75
事の発端15.00
忍ばせる15.36
向かい側14.53
出涸らし15.82
奥地14.48
一閃13.92
北門14.33
待ち受け14.17
もみ手15.98
助言13.85
成っていない13.89
研磨14.80
餌付け14.76
薄らぐ15.05
遭遇13.37
些し13.99
守りぬく15.98
つむじ風15.29
及び腰14.92
悲哀14.71
白羽14.14

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