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
包囲13.73
一舐め15.80
金木犀15.73
恥じらう14.91
背の高い14.18
微睡14.89
色褪せる14.80
賜物14.49
突っ走る14.52
畏れ多い14.81
上目遣い14.13
纖17.29
鯔背15.91
鄙14.43
戦禍15.30
下層14.20
麦14.07
追いかけっこ14.50
痛めつける14.29
見す見す14.69
ぽってり15.78
今日び16.32
綿花15.22
管理13.26
ヒヒーン15.70
かちかち15.45
薄桃色14.85
神化14.75
たろう14.64
厄病神16.42
仕上がり14.40
蘭画14.34
すれすれ14.68
建物13.04
結果的に13.83
先延ばし14.67
お茶屋15.98
気の利く15.32
かんかん照り16.46
手掛かり14.29
剪定15.06
官職14.91
近々14.38
桑14.28
共通点14.37
子連れ15.11
安13.77
盗み14.28
天蓋14.69
あつらえ向き16.05
当前15.37
守り神14.86
鼻につく15.11
明け暮れ14.83
独りごつ15.05
再来週15.44
大受け15.85
ごっこ14.41
生き別れ15.33
重厚14.18
愛想よく15.00
のみ込む15.26
客商売15.17
根気よく15.04
年後14.14
権利13.65
気を利かす16.75
かよ13.36
根こそぎ14.37
意気込む14.35
一喝14.40
許諾15.43
辻褄14.71
道程14.61
寝ずの番15.25
受け取16.19
さてと14.13
凌ぎ14.57
数多13.88
運良く14.41
むしゃむしゃ15.20
土足で15.00
初代13.75
我が物15.07
真似る14.55
年間13.72
失礼ながら14.68
焼き畑16.10
ご苦労さま14.92
子持16.75
幸か不幸か14.56
向寒17.11
十全14.38
熱す14.41
深林16.45
冷やっこい17.11
秋冬16.27
得手に帆を揚げる17.59
気休め14.65
形影16.37

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