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
足が竦む15.72
中性14.53
手ほどき14.35
門外15.51
頓馬15.87
凝望16.28
強いて言うなら14.69
人を食った15.32
マ14.44
楔14.30
彫刻14.31
未だに13.45
藍染15.60
時間の無駄14.51
次官14.80
就く14.03
屋敷神17.11
肩にかかる15.42
日に日に14.49
書13.74
労役15.16
南端14.80
空で14.50
絶大14.02
剝ぐ15.32
解る13.37
男泣き15.40
膝上14.86
スリ14.58
後半13.77
下煮14.28
今い14.75
豪華絢爛15.04
練り菓子17.29
不平等15.10
ぴこぴこ15.75
等価15.27
装飾品14.06
成っていない13.89
野犬14.48
人様14.47
における13.46
否や14.83
おかげ様で14.46
農業14.00
言い伝え14.51
塗りつぶす14.61
主張13.48
手詰まり14.79
まっ黄色16.94
皇子13.70
首を捻る14.55
枘15.72
先年15.19
うま味14.86
嫉妬の炎15.33
どうでも良い13.51
人垣14.47
旅立つ13.92
無作法14.81
非常食14.95
弱点13.62
休す16.89
形影16.37
助平15.20
すかすか15.89
連なる14.06
気を配る14.92
廃刊14.81
快勝15.57
謹んで14.67
施策14.98
嘘偽り14.58
動詞14.19
結びきり17.59
と言うのも13.18
足を運ぶ14.44
継ぎ目14.90
飲み口15.49
女らしい14.41
自給15.27
貼り付ける15.15
自力13.88
何のこと13.95
売り場14.75
強度13.77
八百屋14.91
いけず15.13
暗澹14.86
薄らぐ15.05
ヶ所14.80
対手14.61
一級品14.55
のうのう14.84
手のかかる15.05
竹篭16.42
いつになったら14.74
半周15.28
ツノ14.96
精を出す15.12

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