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
不貞腐れ14.95
旨々15.36
薬が効く16.11
白魚15.30
曲がり道16.15
ひと呼吸15.40
透明感14.94
吃る15.33
掌る16.51
遠目13.86
突き当たり14.70
畏れ多い14.81
面白13.51
思考13.07
専ら14.38
他人行儀14.77
わあわあ15.53
隣同士15.00
笑い皺15.79
高飛車14.91
匂う14.92
予期せぬ14.50
ひと味15.85
茶筒16.23
気概14.39
親の七光り15.75
花菱17.05
相当13.09
取り付ける14.23
おやまあ15.45
へぇー14.66
若手14.20
重病人15.70
迷い子15.63
さかい15.01
双方13.76
人聞きの悪い14.84
青空14.06
趺坐15.43
持ち直す14.35
平手打ち14.87
足を速める15.43
建て替え15.45
狭める14.59
三大14.29
色付け15.55
蒸籠15.84
狭量14.90
力説14.55
手纏14.22
慣習14.58
思いつき14.25
眠り姫15.18
賭け事14.81
役者14.24
気休め14.65
丸顔15.41
無き14.12
14.06
架け橋15.04
息の緒17.59
放棄13.78
花ばさみ17.59
犇めき15.63
丸投げ14.24
13.85
12.55
きれい事15.37
大蛇13.97
官女15.18
べろべろ15.60
為す術14.62
産み14.57
すき間15.22
油揚げ15.02
原価14.95
屏風絵16.66
入り組む14.49
刷子15.21
白菊15.39
一掬い15.78
引かれる14.40
手を握る14.47
湧き立つ15.62
ちぐはぐ14.62
五位14.82
贖罪14.67
心配症15.55
見栄14.43
14.46
不評14.86
叩打14.61
景気14.72
若しも13.42
ご覧の通り14.88
つかみ所16.09
照れ笑い14.97
守り神14.86
えんえん15.81
言いたてる14.62

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