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
13.35
旅先14.78
ともかく13.10
思春期14.47
その日暮らし15.46
及かず16.40
主張13.48
相合い傘15.96
利他14.08
どうでも良い13.51
手勢14.51
生意気14.02
焼印15.27
突っ掛かる16.16
水菓子15.95
冬鳥16.81
御飯14.77
人足14.85
手薄14.53
花盛り15.86
うち震える16.53
膿み15.89
13.29
無類14.93
ごま粒16.75
着こなし14.75
良さげ14.95
まず無い14.48
手法14.15
小汚い14.83
食べ物13.50
に過ぎない13.53
極め14.64
間髪を入れず15.31
産み落とす15.02
抑え込み14.90
行儀悪い15.62
生物13.23
救われる14.40
おさらば14.86
食べかけ14.82
麻縄16.08
三大14.29
居座り15.17
お伴15.09
残像14.43
御柱15.27
林道15.00
神化14.75
寛恕15.55
為す術14.62
仕事はじめ17.19
早さ14.22
犇めき15.63
哀しい14.50
鎬を削る15.94
手腕14.06
毛羽立つ15.90
可憐13.45
出鼻14.87
兄妹13.80
談合15.28
仕る15.23
火消16.26
きゅっと14.23
杓文字15.92
一石二鳥14.55
偉ぶる15.66
行司15.55
言葉がみつからない16.75
ドキリ14.85
舞い戻る14.43
如何な14.48
弱まる14.30
繋ぎ合わせる15.60
小雨14.95
ずらかる15.36
仮託15.26
さぞかし14.31
騎乗13.77
絶世14.80
画角15.49
資源14.01
不安定13.91
豪傑15.04
衝動的14.79
有能13.85
がさっ15.86
油を注ぐ15.74
炭火15.21
息吹14.35
速い13.51
耳を傾ける14.39
幾つでも15.58
祝盃17.05
美少年14.35
特選品17.11
吹きこぼれる15.97
冴え渡る15.09
花模様15.61

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