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
大きすぎる14.25
一俵16.14
珊瑚14.52
曰く13.58
偏見14.33
不忠15.59
沫雪17.42
強ばる14.67
障子紙16.02
長夜17.05
凝り固まる14.83
失神14.47
下山15.05
気兼ね14.48
焦点を合わせる15.75
堪る14.19
がらがら声16.69
人妻14.85
御一緒15.28
白ひげ15.89
戦争13.00
見せ物15.33
強固13.94
耽ける16.57
15.20
旨み14.51
色仕掛け14.85
化石14.84
憩いの場15.16
お召し15.10
手裏剣14.63
敷石15.40
倦怠感14.66
二十七14.91
15.04
ふてぶてしい14.67
冷やっこい17.11
ばちばち16.48
誰にでも14.11
婚姻関係15.11
押し潰す14.82
目下14.47
円座15.56
落とし物15.25
ほっこり14.59
単調14.45
染みる14.35
焦げ目15.06
における13.46
唐変木15.58
たくる15.69
血迷う14.97
さー13.76
急激13.84
若気る15.34
仕草13.50
腐れ縁14.90
聞く耳14.55
手厚い14.63
たろう14.64
秋桜14.74
引き下げ15.27
人を陥れる15.91
脱出13.49
ひと息14.95
二倍14.25
死因14.50
押し入り15.60
命を落とす14.34
露骨13.94
浮かれる14.03
12.88
書き直し15.07
格好がつく16.04
照れ笑い14.97
剛体15.30
きーん16.46
囚人14.54
にかっと14.71
煮方16.01
崩御14.88
かび16.06
逸れる13.98
苦労をかける15.31
地獄絵図14.74
誉れ高い15.40
一年間14.49
お酌15.51
風格14.36
がぶる15.28
火の輪16.05
特大14.32
真意14.00
日にち14.87
待ちかねる15.20
奥深さ15.59
がん14.47
小躍り14.90
綿花15.22
念のため13.66

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