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
面白み14.81
受け口16.06
何やつ16.11
囂しい15.63
三割14.38
一日二日15.02
ひたひた15.19
いざこざ14.64
独自性15.46
14.23
霊能者15.73
わっと14.49
突き刺す13.70
ツンと来る16.28
常世14.90
一年前14.33
大盛況15.05
泣き笑い14.76
信じ難い14.75
行かなくちゃ14.89
人夫14.94
爛れる14.98
かかり合い16.75
慣れっこ14.96
乾き14.68
縁起のいい16.01
丹念14.78
河岸段丘16.85
根を下ろす15.96
物価14.71
僣用15.70
半開き14.62
壮大14.45
ふっ飛ぶ15.22
ごろ14.34
ぷるぷる14.81
工面15.09
ごつん15.79
秀でる14.27
引き伸ばし15.26
がらん14.76
こちとら14.64
大あくび15.36
寝ずの番15.25
存分15.85
発想13.73
ひりひり15.27
参考13.77
強張る14.73
愛おしい14.54
抜け落ちる14.35
由々しき14.87
相合い傘15.96
見にくい15.22
突拍子もない14.60
祈願14.92
ヶ所14.80
寝違える16.08
赤黒い14.08
飲み口15.49
真っ黒け16.05
惚れ込む14.94
手ぶら14.65
突き当たる15.06
辛味15.03
お目通り15.16
朦朧14.37
用便16.36
雇い主14.35
繋ぎ合わせる15.60
閃き14.61
息を整える14.86
日東17.19
開拓13.76
生産者14.63
晩春15.91
上目遣い14.13
聞く耳14.55
酔い潰れる14.97
悪質14.63
考えにくい14.31
刮目15.19
御安い17.29
我慢ならない15.05
伏して14.44
過酷14.02
泥まみれ15.04
死んだも同然15.57
野薊16.46
前線13.66
前脚14.53
元気いっぱい14.58
夫君15.37
黒毛15.13
浮かす14.64
雪女15.09
一問15.76
再度13.43
初顔合わせ15.24
耽ける16.57

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