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
口のうまい16.64
急死15.16
社殿15.84
身を沈める15.56
班13.63
後ろ向き14.59
自白14.67
彫刻14.31
話は別14.02
呑み込む14.00
袴下14.92
逃げ口上15.87
見覚えがある14.32
危害を加える14.51
勤め先15.30
店じまい15.13
移り気15.69
簀垂れ15.83
首輪13.72
供進16.75
お門違い14.98
成り上がる14.61
嫡子14.58
転び14.51
念願14.52
中ば14.93
沸き上がる14.67
逆戻り14.90
受け渡す15.34
忘れん坊16.81
こそこそ14.24
金魚の糞15.68
人質13.66
見向き14.60
速い13.51
天罰14.69
屋形14.95
牙保15.23
天気14.09
ふ化15.01
でれ14.63
素行14.71
川の字15.46
パチパチ14.39
分かれる13.99
楽天的15.34
寄付14.30
駆り出す14.42
雪だるま14.75
王侯貴族14.44
引きのばし16.78
やり切れない15.00
見詰めなおす17.11
物悲しい14.88
1枚13.98
揺らめく14.25
驚嘆14.41
敷石15.40
生死14.23
叱咤14.34
仇なす15.01
さわさわ15.23
目を引く14.57
誓言15.95
末端14.35
型抜き15.48
青色14.02
突っ走る14.52
心ここにあらず15.09
健康体15.06
小さ14.37
とぼけ14.86
独裁14.94
これ幸い14.60
ありのまま14.50
大奥15.02
主従関係14.90
長者15.58
期13.93
古今15.20
いちゃつく14.67
腑抜ける16.45
手にとるように16.01
一丁14.83
懼れる16.81
憧れの的15.33
謀叛15.28
髪飾り14.07
間もない14.38
東雲14.41
悪口14.23
足しげく15.61
星回り16.26
ひと眠り15.59
ちっ13.66
組み敷く15.03
膨れ上がる14.57
暴挙14.34
能天気14.58
苦労をかける15.31

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