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
平常心14.61
夫君15.37
力合わせ16.72
鼻につく15.11
15.12
擂り鉢16.16
踏み込み14.07
中性14.53
偶然にも14.62
堕落14.48
座り心地14.86
打ち震える15.21
日当たり15.13
14.59
身をもって14.62
汲み取り15.17
甘言14.96
異性14.02
身を守る14.13
惨たらしい14.99
全っ然15.44
遅咲き15.95
墓標14.75
無意味13.75
右奥15.41
立ちくらみ15.32
お陰様で14.82
悔い改め15.60
長続き14.89
言及14.20
言外14.31
ご機嫌よう14.26
鳴き真似15.93
泣きべそ15.20
刻み込む14.27
不純14.89
次官14.80
意表14.53
さ中14.46
15.58
適任14.28
涙を誘う15.77
飼い猫15.28
13.71
ところがどっこい15.44
大の14.23
寝巻き14.95
願わくば14.65
ふっ飛ぶ15.22
ひ孫14.97
お櫃15.88
南無14.77
張り巡らす14.37
溜め息をつく14.71
渋皮16.11
自由の身14.92
脱出13.49
大股14.69
寝違える16.08
初めに13.94
社務17.11
野生13.95
救済措置15.33
言い澱む16.08
拡大13.61
御用14.33
幾つでも15.58
どこぞ14.10
遠まわし14.95
のそのそ14.91
しゅわしゅわ16.35
自慢じゃないが15.24
14.13
善かれ15.51
菊花15.07
砂山15.13
叱咤14.34
特殊13.22
かよ13.36
一日二日15.02
一閃13.92
客席14.53
手に余る14.73
腰を浮かす15.78
ばっさり14.65
順調13.49
固結び16.07
下腿15.09
習い14.30
味がする14.70
大女将16.75
勘づく15.17
つけ上がる15.43
あと一歩14.68
焚き火14.02
出入15.52
シェフ14.75
赤褐色15.05
呑み14.43
陶芸15.45

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