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
手纏14.22
摂取14.33
食い止める14.18
二水15.94
葛藤14.18
開拓13.76
誰ひとり15.19
鶏鳴16.89
見れる13.74
14.54
一団13.81
ハラハラ14.55
大柄14.04
犬猿16.15
心の病15.60
黒毛15.13
徐ろに15.40
ゆらり15.08
甘噛み15.03
太い腕14.80
二胡14.01
不合理15.20
棒状14.88
背板15.73
磯の香り15.63
八分目16.11
ほっつく15.22
揉める14.27
14.57
尻叩き15.83
刺客14.14
湧泉16.99
手前味噌16.14
同期14.22
貧弱14.40
こればかり14.15
許諾15.43
横幅14.59
特注品14.98
囃子15.92
御飯14.77
空腹感15.02
背徳14.98
謀叛15.28
気に食わない14.33
奇遇14.50
元気いっぱい14.58
手渡し14.10
乗っ取り14.75
家畜13.98
しゃきっと15.45
大黒柱15.25
ひと味15.85
参詣者16.57
結び付き15.49
貫禄14.56
荷担15.32
たくる15.69
適齢期15.01
素知らぬ顔14.74
つき出し15.61
最大13.23
肉親14.56
指揮者14.89
給料14.05
うじうじ14.93
15.29
欠く14.22
こすり付ける15.20
13.83
神格化15.00
14.12
要望13.82
片目14.16
喉から手が出る14.76
似つく14.06
席につく14.95
覆い隠す14.66
忰せる14.86
播遷14.42
神社14.02
感服14.56
地雷14.23
幸か不幸か14.56
学位15.34
足止め13.76
光り物15.64
13.39
片栗粉15.22
しめ縄15.99
言い澱む16.08
ごきぶり17.19
いたずら好き15.64
名字14.50
落ち葉14.71
綿花15.22

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