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
巻き取る15.61
組み敷く15.03
良し13.85
喜色14.53
突き付ける14.15
ごつごつ14.74
壮年14.22
昂ぶる15.22
にかっと14.71
和らぐ14.32
飯炊き15.61
妥協14.09
栗まんじゅう16.81
精算14.73
見合わす15.60
引かれる14.40
姿態15.57
宙吊り15.22
麦14.07
五分13.87
煮浸し16.18
ずれる14.29
訪問者14.82
無垢14.38
丸み14.86
胸をなで下ろす15.41
渋皮16.11
拗れ14.74
蓋つき16.11
上官14.16
掬い14.63
売りに出す15.17
なのである13.56
躓き15.13
約13.47
ぜ12.66
蹲る14.33
全13.31
再婚14.59
誓言15.95
屋形14.95
追い立てる15.00
保障14.19
出払い15.97
巡り合う15.08
宏図14.52
同日14.88
行き会う16.25
鉢合わせ14.60
切り離す14.08
足下13.92
供え15.10
一喝14.40
ぶるるん16.42
押し入り15.60
灰汁抜き16.04
決め込む14.45
ともかく13.10
ぎゃんぎゃん15.88
余熱15.34
考え出す14.70
弔い14.93
首を縦に振る14.61
いろは14.78
灯13.92
臥する13.59
何なの13.66
幸か不幸か14.56
ツキ14.27
男気15.22
十二日15.17
青白い13.83
労しい15.29
切言17.29
取上げ16.19
八日14.73
張14.65
金椀15.05
日保ち16.23
二日酔い14.40
透明感14.94
血なまぐさい15.05
節穴14.89
話をする13.66
中心点15.28
再度13.43
ひと味15.85
曇15.48
足しげく15.61
枢14.27
野焼16.18
家畜13.98
お通し14.95
思いの外14.54
見たところ13.84
ぷかぷか15.17
浮舟15.59
叱咤14.34
程好く16.18
先んじる14.32

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