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
考え出す14.70
降臨14.07
的確13.87
働き詰め15.39
死体13.16
鼻血14.29
血族13.86
泡沫15.20
余所余所しい15.09
妙案14.77
堕落14.48
落胆14.10
踏ん切り14.92
発端14.37
とも言う14.32
集中力14.05
原価14.95
詰まらなそう14.50
観客13.64
鼻であしらう16.69
畏敬15.03
急所14.01
家庭13.90
全面14.45
相まって14.02
奴隷12.87
救われる14.40
種明かし14.87
心外14.31
地鳴り14.67
付きっ切り15.33
下山15.05
情況15.15
狭める14.59
静養14.93
角が立つ15.36
一人ぼっち14.68
片割れ14.50
宙ぶらりん15.20
薄闇14.77
衝動的14.79
音なし15.31
田下駄16.89
ぼっと15.12
仕付ける15.94
手前味噌16.14
何百個16.46
御輿15.07
井戸端15.74
土左衛門15.94
名案14.50
了承13.62
膳立て16.55
その日暮らし15.46
太刀打ちできる15.21
婚姻関係15.11
金木犀15.73
一団13.81
家中14.56
火照り15.25
命を削る15.40
めくら滅法16.57
不潔14.79
下枝16.12
踏み込み14.07
義理立て15.30
お裾分け14.92
14.33
仮定14.24
反抗14.17
蒸籠15.84
穀物14.35
片栗粉15.22
きらり14.35
荒事14.40
等しく14.30
分かれる13.99
人並み14.52
によると13.63
同日14.88
引き篭る15.75
旅立つ13.92
切り方15.14
満ち溢れる15.40
罵り14.61
配給14.70
然もなければ15.17
もろ手15.58
留守中14.97
一直線13.87
引き留める14.25
助け舟14.49
15.45
こうすると15.15
走り寄る15.08
手法14.15
区別がつく15.76
其れも其のはず14.42
甘言14.96
無意義16.53

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