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
澄み切る15.53
か縁14.60
分かりきった14.80
さる事ながら15.73
没落14.28
しんと14.58
止むを得ず15.59
声にならない14.46
上質14.33
夫人13.53
日当たり15.13
三本足15.51
辛口15.00
声がけ15.47
菜種油15.82
こうすると15.15
ずらかる15.36
貧しい14.16
昨日今日14.95
向かい側14.53
によると13.63
官展16.11
塞がる14.19
自分の為に14.92
退治13.67
ないよりはまし15.95
主張13.48
三位一体15.10
自責の念14.97
どうしたって14.43
つり上がる14.94
居住まいを正す15.13
乙女心14.77
冷遇14.68
共存14.33
励まし14.19
ごろ寝15.85
弾み14.92
一体に14.71
ちらつく14.51
粗相14.57
無き14.12
冷え冷え15.15
いたずら心15.76
中性14.53
14.62
存分15.85
飢える14.31
命ずる14.55
垂水15.55
がっしり14.26
丁半16.10
間男15.41
白飯15.28
今一13.88
目的地13.63
たけり狂う17.29
日保ち16.23
髪型14.06
13.44
暴虐14.45
高飛車14.91
硝子瓶16.01
太陽13.32
懐炉15.82
端々14.18
真っ青13.96
不衛生15.25
間を置いて14.59
ぶらんぶらん16.42
冬野菜16.40
害虫駆除15.54
私ごと15.71
喘ぐ14.52
憂い顔15.30
考え出す14.70
念願14.52
右奥15.41
仕合せ14.78
末裔14.36
尾ひれ15.03
惜別16.05
思いきり14.55
救われる14.40
慎む14.60
綺羅14.04
きつね目17.59
心の病15.60
弾き出す14.92
挑戦状15.20
虫の知らせ15.46
薬品14.35
寝とる16.01
正直12.91
都内14.40
けち15.12
見本14.34
邪険14.51
一尺15.72
首をすくめる15.50

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