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
薄弱15.56
奉書紙16.61
遠まわし14.95
編成13.88
放牧15.03
萌葱色16.34
一工夫15.45
隠れ家14.26
飢える14.31
振り向きざま14.88
作物14.02
アホ13.68
マ14.44
自責の念14.97
召使い14.80
売り場14.75
中腹14.54
下位層15.21
世間話14.17
尖る13.95
ばね14.73
蛍14.44
いちゃこら16.89
殺し12.99
心許ない14.55
義理立て15.30
首を伸ばす15.84
諂い15.81
幻術14.27
否応15.33
勇み足15.40
治安13.89
散財14.83
吃る15.33
御飾り16.39
べた15.28
しらっと15.89
こそこそ14.24
どうしたって14.43
切言17.29
良しとする14.63
携わる14.24
仕付ける15.94
人受け16.20
げっそり14.82
立て直す14.11
根菜15.04
独裁14.94
すり潰す14.70
もた15.45
首を捻る14.55
全集15.57
皆の者14.61
握り潰す14.60
逆転劇15.53
保障14.19
腹の足し15.58
買い占める15.09
剝がす14.92
四倍14.91
口髭14.89
あけび16.81
薬効14.59
フタ14.70
踊りだす15.55
強ばる14.67
項垂れる14.05
細帯16.53
間男15.41
気概14.39
ざあざあ16.15
爆走14.85
初鶏15.01
何とやら14.92
神格化15.00
身を置く14.86
店屋15.82
きめ細かい15.40
他人事14.01
驚嘆14.41
命ずる14.55
弱点13.62
しま模様17.05
はらり15.48
及び腰14.92
読者14.10
婿13.95
生ぬるい14.64
熟し15.06
開かれる14.09
中てる14.84
まだら模様15.94
駐在14.93
快楽14.44
囚人14.54
無念無想16.36
言うまでもなく14.26
陶芸15.45
監獄14.48
そぼ降る16.31

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