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
放棄13.78
煽り14.33
自尊16.04
寄付14.30
囲碁15.25
目つき13.80
安泰14.46
山鳥15.20
選り好み15.23
蛍14.44
手間暇14.92
飛んだ13.76
肌寒い14.57
観音開き15.31
実体14.18
聞きつける14.13
四男14.89
憩いの場15.16
足らない14.76
使いもん15.91
世話人15.80
ではまた14.44
返答に困る15.30
べろ15.66
中てる14.84
何のこと13.95
御安い17.29
真っ黒け16.05
時代錯誤15.38
手前味噌16.14
混ぜ合わせる15.18
喧伝14.61
列席14.96
伝染す15.58
仮に13.45
代役14.79
愛想14.26
度重なる14.55
びっしょり15.04
高飛車14.91
目下14.47
目からうろこ16.01
二世14.30
捲り14.40
賛美15.02
ズキン15.58
深淵14.11
譯あって17.59
高揚感14.61
物価14.71
尾ひれ15.03
休日13.94
尊き14.92
まる一年16.66
啄木鳥14.78
零れ14.11
救世14.30
引き摺り下ろす15.82
引っ越し14.29
焼べる16.42
直ぐさま15.11
果てしない14.98
なう14.82
趣向を変えて15.80
あってこその14.99
どちらかと言うと13.93
孝行15.23
押し戻す14.74
頑張り屋15.02
残念なことに14.41
間一髪14.50
円やか16.26
ご了承15.14
若くして14.56
自由の身14.92
根こそぎ14.37
貞14.81
壮15.41
絡まり14.90
級13.21
袖の下15.28
遂げる14.02
何時まで13.82
もつれ合う15.35
海苔巻き16.49
ご迷惑14.16
無病息災15.77
心ここにあらず15.09
引っ越す14.68
馬鹿げた14.29
いか程15.03
能天気14.58
氷雪14.42
去り行く15.62
丹精15.09
塗りつける15.22
高山14.86
筬15.18
おしまい14.09
貴女達14.83

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