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
浮かない顔14.80
14.81
歯が浮く16.01
日当たり15.13
かく言う14.52
内容物15.18
打って出る14.47
あけび16.81
一筋縄ではいかない14.91
ガラリ14.92
目を引く14.57
親心14.95
半生14.93
ごつごつ14.74
注文13.54
如何なる13.97
ちゅー14.83
坪庭16.81
墓標14.75
だだっ広い14.77
いい歳15.08
不評14.86
厭に14.68
引き下げる15.41
龍脈15.23
帰って来る14.41
住居14.13
出来る限り14.04
食えない14.58
替わり14.75
のうのう14.84
によると13.63
そうもありません15.53
火起し17.29
未申17.11
内部13.28
火事14.29
シワ14.50
へー13.80
鳴き真似15.93
きれい事15.37
水浴び14.40
凝視13.85
澄明16.12
立ち合う15.18
ある程度13.05
瓜二つ14.70
丸み14.86
在中15.42
摘まむ15.45
たけり狂う17.29
風物詩15.23
鼻梁15.21
薬効14.59
冷やっこい17.11
前後13.65
十全14.38
円価15.83
掛け茶屋17.42
統制14.29
マメ14.77
緊褌16.94
完膚15.94
霧雲16.99
今思えば14.46
不思議なほど14.92
治癒13.20
神代14.40
書き写す14.74
特殊13.22
ぷんぷん14.90
勘繰る14.96
ぐるぐる巻き14.79
打ち込む13.87
保存13.86
家々14.46
手を上げる14.56
萌黄色15.81
女の子12.92
鎬を削る15.94
打ち明け話16.12
手纏14.22
濃やか15.93
憤慨14.24
目も当てられない14.61
伊達に14.42
失神14.47
徒渉16.24
げんなり14.36
左団扇15.94
唐戸14.97
いの一番15.07
道程14.61
激務14.85
自白14.67
重ね合わせ15.06
名分14.86
二つとない15.72
中てる14.84
土俵14.55

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