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
ばね14.73
古びる14.44
生み14.57
拓く14.66
手のうち15.79
半開き14.62
正月飾り16.69
叩き込む13.56
桃13.63
誰にでも14.11
彼女ら13.85
ねちこい17.29
思い込み14.27
破門14.96
気に食わない14.33
取り囲む13.74
銅14.09
面白み14.81
免じる16.06
東雲14.41
秋空15.87
世間話14.17
つかみ取り15.81
底値15.34
躍る14.37
人聞きの悪い14.84
代目13.75
合戦14.36
賭け事14.81
狼13.02
金椀15.05
即座に13.25
搾りたて15.81
晴れ渡る14.74
後腐れ14.95
声かけ14.63
街道筋15.68
ご連絡14.80
御墨付き16.42
甦える15.00
後半13.77
檻13.84
負け惜しみ14.74
お門違い14.98
引率14.61
そびえ立つ14.58
半生菓子17.11
かしゃかしゃ15.73
安請け合い15.11
揺りかご15.13
悪態をつく14.80
喧伝14.61
血気盛ん14.85
大の字14.60
相反15.28
丸くなって14.65
引き続き14.02
融合13.65
長続き14.89
お蔵入り15.33
やんごとない14.95
二時14.82
染め物15.70
型抜き15.48
傷跡14.26
ませんでした14.28
理解に苦しむ15.04
二十七14.91
がや15.03
容14.12
化かす14.98
小躍り14.90
何たる14.40
生誕14.26
冴え14.58
恐れる13.76
要請13.74
ぷりぷり14.88
四日13.94
弱さ14.17
せめぎ合う15.33
ばれる13.70
斑14.39
苦難14.32
隠蔽13.54
劣弱16.39
明るむ15.49
小わっぱ16.20
刺客14.14
それ故14.07
全集15.57
恋する14.34
摘まむ15.45
きしきし15.86
独自性15.46
公約15.50

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