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
見間違い14.50
がかる14.18
一重に14.49
待ちかねる15.20
嬉し涙15.52
砂埃14.56
手中に収める15.43
いい顔14.75
外良16.19
愛の巣15.45
この上ない14.14
研磨14.80
入れ替わる14.14
真昼14.68
叱咤14.34
撃墜14.41
守りぬく15.98
ごくん15.28
突き合わせる15.28
仕上がり14.40
身近13.99
せり出す15.12
次なる14.40
哲14.34
お菓子作り14.63
布く15.53
変てこ15.38
明か14.68
風あたり16.53
大人しい13.95
浮ぶ15.05
雌鶏15.93
河岸段丘16.85
裏漉し15.97
情け容赦15.19
隣席15.56
宮仕え15.24
猪突猛進14.92
怖い顔14.38
まっ黒15.40
楽天的15.34
肥った15.77
老若男女14.61
産湯15.65
未知13.76
に付き13.90
得手に帆を揚げる17.59
多産15.37
郁々16.15
で成らない14.78
頭をよぎる14.89
世間13.83
作り変える15.20
百聞は一見にしかず15.58
生まれてから14.44
綿衣17.42
含まれない15.08
血迷う14.97
独りぼっち15.09
眠り姫15.18
胴14.04
鷲掴み14.36
がらん14.76
淵14.33
伏して14.44
官女15.18
問い掛け14.21
どっさり14.92
嚙みしめる16.75
賜物14.49
曲者14.80
悪態をつく14.80
魅入る14.54
焼き畑16.10
出鱈目14.35
雇い主14.35
口出し14.21
得意中の得意15.78
参考13.77
行為13.26
辺り一面14.73
溶く14.93
景観14.71
間口15.42
滅法14.96
不格好14.70
独りごつ15.05
女らしい14.41
着地点14.97
引き上げる14.00
初めは13.67
鳩派15.87
兆し14.50
何百個16.46
あきれ顔15.32
世人15.92
ぬらり15.53
瓜二つ14.70
泊める14.44
霞む14.20

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