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
密やか14.76
貴賓室14.69
乳臭16.23
金粉15.33
早起き14.52
あんよ15.65
万全13.85
微粒17.29
丸見え14.59
心変わり14.75
前妻15.38
との事13.24
へぇー14.66
日保ち16.23
一人ひとり14.62
うわの空15.74
歓声13.51
続々14.22
べき14.58
次いで13.92
半周15.28
悪童15.32
二つとない15.72
租税15.33
脱兎の如く15.19
御大層15.44
落石15.04
習性14.38
心置き無く16.48
肩身が狭い15.26
期間13.58
足止め13.76
流動的15.21
ピクリ14.13
13.36
討伐12.99
おかげ様で14.46
絡ませる15.05
道草15.45
袖の下15.28
牡犬16.81
今のまま14.14
花生け17.19
ほんじゃ15.36
後援15.22
解る13.37
目を泳がせる15.30
書き写す14.74
その点で14.57
お天道様15.42
当てつけ15.09
祝事16.61
馴染み深い14.99
滑らす15.16
選ばれる14.31
起源14.74
切り盛り14.85
14.83
心がまえ16.11
継ぎ目14.90
攻勢13.99
菊花15.07
頭巾14.53
無病息災15.77
見付かる14.42
十三13.87
染め上げる14.28
改革案15.99
郁々16.15
給仕13.97
害す14.17
啄木鳥14.78
注文13.54
無心14.52
度目13.68
装い14.08
身一つ14.73
几帳面14.91
塗す15.65
13.71
転げる14.53
階級13.80
ガツン14.69
滑り落ちる14.53
まする14.68
聖なる14.10
忘れかける14.79
どどーん16.08
間暇15.99
うり二つ15.76
肥った15.77
酔い覚まし15.53
気のない14.73
少しも14.15
水菓子15.95
痛痒い16.55
味つけ15.43
きつね目17.59
楽々14.77
鈴虫15.71

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