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
一部始終14.57
目くじら15.29
愛想笑い14.49
摘みとる17.11
13.70
好都合14.16
思いの外14.54
人命14.75
ご苦労さま14.92
小突く14.26
甲斐性14.78
参謀13.98
余所余所しい15.09
独りでに15.22
挙って14.42
所々14.00
突き飛ばす14.19
立て籠もる15.63
だらり14.54
巻き物16.10
突っ慳貪15.34
御輿15.07
いらして14.56
贖罪14.67
追いかけ回す15.69
従兄14.28
色々あって14.33
手のかかる15.05
止まない14.63
愛想よく15.00
心もとない14.64
化導14.71
腰掛ける14.01
後援15.22
武力14.02
染め上げる14.28
時を移さず16.66
身だしなみ14.66
食養17.59
遊興15.58
不恰好15.05
同時13.64
腹いせ14.90
深傷16.22
作りおき16.02
文様14.47
官職14.91
公文16.03
いい度胸14.73
勤労15.53
唐戸14.97
溢れだす15.28
時たま14.75
さる事ながら15.73
反抗14.17
置き忘れる15.20
湯のみ15.66
凶事15.45
酢飯15.64
丹念14.78
辻褄14.71
どーん14.93
物がある13.46
幸薄い16.32
得意中の得意15.78
間男15.41
綿14.45
報酬13.29
投げやり14.46
貴輪16.40
心の傷14.66
先立って15.16
飢える14.31
傾斜14.47
身に纏う14.45
要請13.74
雷鳴14.32
14.59
口裏合わせ15.61
大事にする14.55
しくしく14.87
生前14.05
本年14.96
午後13.43
国都15.37
可愛げ14.50
貴婦人14.19
泥まみれ15.04
ひた走る15.13
一句15.48
文章13.85
13.63
取ってくる14.54
逢魔が時15.79
つけ上がる15.43
注連飾り17.59
薄焼き15.75
土師器15.17
これでもかと言うほど15.15
意気込む14.35

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