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
茶きん16.89
おんぼろ15.64
抓る14.47
恐れ多い14.58
がしっと15.12
煮浸し16.18
官女15.18
余波14.06
朗報14.43
道具屋14.54
どこぞ14.10
中部14.96
ばつ14.73
向かい合わせ14.95
睦む15.73
14.50
下心14.42
14.59
マメ科16.11
手厚い14.63
同い年14.14
面映ゆい15.21
喧嘩を売る14.64
呼びかける13.91
守護者13.82
万字15.24
一石二鳥14.55
膨れ上がる14.57
意気込む14.35
へばる14.84
仕合せ14.78
毒牙14.81
五段15.53
膝関節15.50
大股14.69
無理のない14.79
頭がいっぱい14.96
次なる14.40
だらり14.54
小指14.35
梅雨14.72
猫をかぶる16.24
新年早々15.51
いかれる14.64
がっつり14.57
買い込む14.42
何だこれは14.48
宜しければ13.89
粘っこい15.49
13.52
哀しい14.50
粗い15.02
串刺し14.34
葛藤14.18
時間がかかる13.81
砂埃14.56
澱み15.07
逸れる13.98
名子14.16
雑魚寝14.98
綿衣17.42
助平心16.45
勝敗14.07
重奏16.02
花生け17.19
残像14.43
駆り立てる14.74
望みどおり15.34
生まれてこのかた15.46
目にとまる15.94
赤み14.49
ぐらい12.70
大騒ぎ13.99
思わせる13.71
草むら14.45
十三13.87
行路15.49
直結14.31
走り寄る15.08
水しぶき14.87
部分12.81
山中14.43
誇張14.44
ずれる14.29
14.68
拍子抜け14.22
借り出す15.44
灰汁抜き16.04
むかし話17.11
一存14.70
思い込み14.27
八百屋14.91
繋がり13.49
立て直す14.11
早とちり14.90
愛用14.15
赤い糸15.43
梨園15.29
悪循環14.90
裏金15.34

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