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
断ち切る14.09
14.40
邪険14.51
心の闇15.32
何とかして13.87
これにより14.27
骨折る15.69
黄昏13.93
何だこれは14.48
面倒みる15.80
とびっ切り14.80
食いつなぐ15.34
度肝14.56
惰弱15.18
手本14.59
続々14.22
三味15.51
留守中14.97
拘り14.14
してみれば14.56
形容14.29
天晴れ15.38
枯らす14.95
内奏17.59
鬼の目にも涙16.22
師弟14.67
さわさわ15.23
口のうまい16.64
立ち合う15.18
早すぎる14.36
馬体15.20
彼岸15.10
出涸らし15.82
完膚15.94
溜め池15.35
人徳14.91
案内13.08
救済措置15.33
見にくい15.22
川の字15.46
如何なる13.97
ってば13.84
荒事14.40
矢立16.23
寿司14.43
柔肌15.05
抱き抱える15.37
おほほ14.82
深雪14.54
張り上げる14.00
着ぐるみ14.32
ぽとり16.14
掛け蕎麦16.89
黒褐色15.21
受け口16.06
慣習14.58
凝望16.28
国じゅう16.30
12.88
白飯15.28
奇天烈15.22
勇敢14.28
雪原14.50
ぐるぐる巻き14.79
網子14.59
新薬15.24
葬儀14.37
14.55
追い立て14.68
ひと舐め15.98
ああして14.57
顎髭14.80
火の元15.92
堪忍袋15.02
日刊15.33
いつになったら14.74
功名15.59
かしこ15.14
御料15.86
画本15.67
萌える14.81
否や14.83
そうにない13.74
戒飭17.29
発注書15.55
15.08
良薬15.76
だま15.27
居心地の良い15.31
見本14.34
親心14.95
胡座をかく15.93
っきゃ15.10
混む14.22
怨霊14.63
二の腕14.42
察知13.27
下山15.05
酔い覚まし15.53
蓋つき16.11

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