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
稜線15.04
祝い事15.04
にべもない15.32
がた14.29
13.99
14.27
御覧なさい15.41
茶箱17.11
商売13.44
だらだら14.46
草木14.26
面白13.51
上々14.36
交易品14.99
休す16.89
上質14.33
拝見14.24
縁のない14.95
小鳥13.95
置きに14.91
察知13.27
贖罪14.67
換え14.65
土地土地15.93
原始的14.57
敷地内14.18
身が引き締まる15.61
要す14.39
振り切る14.01
吹き出物15.67
計画的14.81
欲望13.84
甘い声14.86
石竜子15.52
探し当てる14.89
14.59
にこり14.08
騎乗13.77
ぐるぐる巻き14.79
国都15.37
今世14.50
重きを置く15.31
言葉を吐く14.85
纏まり14.51
自慢じゃないが15.24
ガタガタ14.31
開門14.76
佇み15.11
精算14.73
産み14.57
腰掛ける14.01
目も当てられない14.61
人受け16.20
芝居14.11
命に関わる14.66
駆り立てる14.74
裏門14.88
虫の知らせ15.46
七時14.87
二十七14.91
通用13.67
汚染14.24
形作る14.21
ダシ14.79
茶柱16.11
どこから見ても15.26
砂山15.13
申し立て15.32
14.12
いくない15.80
舟を漕ぐ16.45
御墨付き16.42
お寺14.94
所々14.00
生まれてから14.44
やるせない14.65
しゃきっと15.45
辛口15.00
入れ替わり14.35
眼福14.72
明か14.68
水晶13.38
ぐうの音もでない16.08
踏み潰す15.00
溶く14.93
ぺったり15.53
こすり付ける15.20
大の字14.60
昨今14.51
自決15.01
買い物13.57
スリ14.58
人たち13.20
若かりし頃15.12
何処も14.16
暴れまわる14.89
間合い13.58
流動的15.21
聞き分ける15.27
15.14

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