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
労役15.16
胆15.14
押し入り15.60
暴君14.41
吹き出る14.79
庇14.84
川幅15.11
叩打14.61
生まれてから14.44
日和14.52
ありがたく思う15.35
年初15.77
汗をかく15.19
一に14.26
得意満面15.31
後ろ脚15.07
簑14.31
悪い癖14.68
鐘13.93
切れ目14.44
裂く13.73
コク14.81
頃合14.32
大胆14.10
笑む14.57
雫13.69
ぷいっと14.85
仮納14.37
道案内14.46
歳とった16.75
山なり15.25
繋ぎ合わせる15.60
ぬるり15.03
お喋り13.88
つけ上がる15.43
真っ黒け16.05
気が利く14.86
逸れる13.98
ほやほや15.18
びくともしない14.72
改革案15.99
若かりし頃15.12
換え14.65
転がり込む14.64
何にせよ13.96
香り立つ16.00
赤み14.49
すぐそこ14.40
歯車が狂う16.49
丸見え14.59
建築物14.52
善い15.20
書き記す14.74
ご兄弟15.40
不貞腐れる14.80
これでもかと言うほど15.15
無知14.28
鮮烈14.55
長続き14.89
利き13.97
親元14.97
筒抜け14.52
身に纏う14.45
尤も13.90
深爪16.26
釣り合い14.80
知ったことか14.77
対手14.61
直結14.31
吹きさらし15.76
黒塗り14.82
膝を崩す16.89
吊り目15.47
泣ける14.49
か月14.12
通り越す14.07
断じて14.14
擦り付ける14.38
関税14.79
生足15.19
ぷかぷか15.17
複製14.20
牕15.25
自然律16.99
泥棒猫15.16
淹れる14.89
涎を垂らす15.77
用心深い14.64
節々14.86
奇天烈15.22
お札14.91
融合13.65
ほんじゃ15.36
御料15.86
始めは14.69
ごく偶に15.63
実物14.28
目方15.74
差し金14.84
道草15.45

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