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
立て膝16.19
ぼろ14.97
愚考14.89
過ぎ去る14.24
奏13.85
鳴き真似15.93
殿方14.17
成り立ち14.65
寿留女16.15
忌むべき14.75
晒14.33
スリ14.58
御親拝17.59
喧伝14.61
魅了13.49
訣別16.18
香炉15.28
物凄い13.53
傾向13.77
脅威13.41
機先15.09
そんで14.23
就く14.03
血走る14.24
哲14.34
広大13.78
到着13.05
言葉に詰まる14.53
危害を加える14.51
至らない14.36
背の高さ15.08
いたづら16.55
溜め息をつく14.71
死に目15.62
参考13.77
見る影もない15.07
そっぽを向く14.68
ごろつく16.64
代目13.75
晩秋15.32
見詰めなおす17.11
下煮14.28
危機13.52
異例14.50
落っこちる14.82
出来る限り14.04
お弁当14.01
石竜子15.52
仮に13.45
啼く15.18
春雷15.57
方針13.57
強奪14.34
よろける14.61
例える14.46
見回り14.15
何もの14.30
世間話14.17
空の旅14.89
地に落ちる15.02
ぬかるむ14.89
茶畑16.12
迫真15.14
数多13.88
寄りかかる14.29
ぼうっと14.41
装い14.08
かんかん照り16.46
せかせか15.42
とでも言うよう14.29
口を挟む14.16
嫌気が差す15.64
許14.53
灰汁抜き16.04
同時13.64
面構え14.83
呑み込む14.00
其れも其のはず14.42
人聞き15.01
発注書15.55
男兄弟15.66
些細13.89
お利巧さん17.11
こんがらがる15.05
気概14.39
幸いなことに14.28
大人びる14.24
鬱憤14.52
何回14.29
断言13.62
持ちかける14.16
かと言って13.61
掴み上げる15.41
長き14.35
深夜13.90
快勝15.57
茶柱16.11
口開け15.56
家畜13.98
おろし立て15.95

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