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
新品14.41
引き篭る15.75
突っかける16.18
取って置き15.51
お召し替え15.31
創り上げる15.75
その筈14.29
向きになる15.93
未申17.11
持ち直す14.35
混ぜ合わせる15.18
腹黒い14.76
見習15.24
直ぐさま15.11
むすっと14.85
ちょっ13.80
曲者14.80
不貞14.62
戦禍15.30
酷似14.45
カラス14.16
密やか14.76
反転13.97
国境13.58
討っ手14.52
一足先14.46
目をむく15.89
怖じる15.19
甘噛み15.03
ゴクリ14.44
食べかけ14.82
問い掛け14.21
南支15.68
不老不死14.50
ヒヒーン15.70
階級13.80
罵声14.30
為す術14.62
凝視13.85
隠蔽13.54
弱点13.62
幾世14.37
露知らず15.04
断ち切る14.09
いやはや14.11
弱さ14.17
敗ける15.17
幻覚14.10
社務17.11
放置13.34
しま模様17.05
解放感15.03
ねとねと16.39
鎬を削る15.94
喉の痛み15.94
日東17.19
絹糸14.97
目もくれず14.59
及び腰14.92
身包み15.38
吹きさらし15.76
行燈15.86
落石15.04
刈る14.40
かあ14.21
木の下14.78
些細13.89
無念無想16.36
手土産14.41
獲得13.78
泳がす15.64
未曾有14.98
英雄13.16
手本14.59
諾15.69
勢家13.43
腰を浮かす15.78
大筋14.93
したほうが良い14.30
訣別16.18
結びつき14.73
杓文字15.92
二十七14.91
まする14.68
生半可14.28
足下13.92
巣穴14.32
誤字13.82
引き合せる16.69
どうって事ない15.09
だらだら14.46
造営15.47
手掛かり14.29
命にかえても16.11
暴君14.41
面白13.51
ご遠慮ください16.22
押し込める14.33
儀礼14.28
残念なことに14.41

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