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
利く13.59
突き刺す13.70
究極14.13
地肌15.15
剣山15.25
曲がり14.45
その筈14.29
ゆとり14.62
手前味噌16.14
老舗14.93
情け容赦15.19
流石は13.45
伝統芸能16.01
石垣14.95
国王陛下13.75
子宝に恵まれる16.28
冴え14.58
警備13.42
パリ14.70
定期13.48
いつ何どき17.19
足らない14.76
双子葉14.24
取り扱う14.38
難点14.42
案件13.94
見本14.34
投げやり14.46
定着14.30
16.19
ツンと来る16.28
医者13.79
ひと思いに15.47
げんなり14.36
確証14.10
称号13.46
老若男女14.61
中居15.57
直ぐにでも13.90
喧嘩を売る14.64
かすかす16.69
満員御礼15.44
出鼻14.87
通用13.67
馴れ馴れしい14.55
落差14.75
鼻っ柱15.19
寝言14.48
木の葉14.22
分野14.00
背中を丸める16.22
四六時中14.62
嘘偽り14.58
そり14.50
したほうが良い14.30
半開き14.62
片道14.69
御坊15.63
16.36
気長14.63
輪禍17.59
言いぐさ15.27
生半可14.28
マメ14.77
親元14.97
意気込む14.35
13.53
時間がかかる13.81
箇所13.76
留守中14.97
舟を漕ぐ16.45
犬猿16.15
すり込む15.51
無き14.12
四肢五体16.48
怨霊14.63
配給14.70
活動13.19
踏ん切りがつく16.57
親の心子知らず16.48
端切れ15.42
紛らわす14.85
御柱15.27
縁の下15.80
不合格14.84
二水15.94
播遷14.42
栗まんじゅう16.81
鈴虫15.71
17.29
楽しげ13.83
幻覚14.10
堪えがたい15.79
種族12.92
安楽15.33
茶々14.55
肉塊14.28
振られる14.58
追い打ちをかける14.78
笑い飛ばす14.45

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