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
調度14.91
茶筒16.23
14.61
羅紗15.21
念のため13.66
口口に16.04
数え切れない14.42
周章16.72
泊める14.44
ありがと13.60
神代14.40
我が家13.70
手中に収める15.43
具材14.20
人目につく15.34
起きぬけ16.14
引き留める14.25
無心14.52
大盛況15.05
渋る14.22
煩わしい14.35
尖る13.95
調子のいい15.20
独り歩き15.56
塩加減15.41
痛痒い16.55
中途半端13.90
汚染14.24
三線15.90
真っ黄色16.14
14.87
買い出し14.37
借地16.28
あきまへん16.14
間暇15.99
銀糸14.69
秋月14.69
筋の通った15.48
生み14.57
祝い事15.04
外良16.19
不妊15.60
兆し14.50
焚き火14.02
実感が湧く15.97
睨まれる14.65
伝い14.51
換え14.65
勤め先15.30
水をやる15.87
血の気のない15.91
第三者14.19
足を速める15.43
ほっぽらかす16.39
寝不足14.43
完膚15.94
街道筋15.68
紛れ込む14.21
銘菓15.81
残念なことに14.41
白み14.94
こればかり14.15
ぐう14.88
栗まんじゅう16.81
吹き上げる15.26
面映ゆい15.21
大ぶり14.86
従順14.30
他人任せ15.19
荒ぶ14.88
大柄14.04
味気ない14.66
神主15.21
一目散に14.38
明け渡す14.86
意気込む14.35
看板娘14.77
参考13.77
思い至る14.72
生クリーム14.50
間男15.41
引き伸ばし15.26
抵牾13.86
真っ向から14.13
音なし15.31
静まりかえる14.70
青銅色15.81
不安定13.91
汚物14.49
目をひく16.05
質素14.26
自給自足14.76
不衛生15.25
底辺14.45
荒削り15.31
板長16.34
何があっても14.21
硝子玉15.74
まんまと14.39
戦禍15.30

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