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
大勝15.26
悔しがる14.77
薄暗がり15.32
きりり15.06
腐れ縁14.90
ごつん15.79
功名15.59
手に余る14.73
朽果てる17.59
焦れったい15.13
無常の風16.94
透明感14.94
髪飾り14.07
切言17.29
悪態14.13
足を滑らす16.72
舞台裏15.12
方位14.91
強請14.85
精算14.73
不運14.28
利用価値14.53
絶え絶え15.39
御用14.33
後継者14.01
息つく15.18
依托14.68
何なのか13.86
後ろ向き14.59
次ぐ身15.29
仕草13.50
物腰14.42
貪る14.21
親切14.00
けんもほろろ15.52
っきり14.63
家運16.61
合い席16.72
つつも13.23
父娘14.96
恐れ多い14.58
焼印15.27
塗りたくる14.94
赤い糸15.43
精密13.79
無き14.12
脹らむ15.83
むくり14.82
コロン14.79
無作法14.81
膝を崩す16.89
持ちかける14.16
図星14.38
内宴16.99
14.68
返答に詰まる16.01
時候の挨拶15.74
頭を掻く14.57
逃げ口上15.87
水入らず15.06
末期14.67
真っ青13.96
信じ難い14.75
ペース13.79
差し金14.84
ぐさりと15.59
閃光13.76
ぴっちり15.14
脹ら15.30
一足先14.46
ふかし芋16.10
粗相14.57
神葬祭17.29
かび16.06
疚しい14.47
手詰まり14.79
啓く15.34
勢ぞろい14.89
15.53
独りごつ15.05
中途半端13.90
五倍14.63
是非とも13.92
ザラ14.99
手付かず14.89
14.42
淑やか14.86
14.81
旅立つ13.92
上官14.16
底値15.34
隠れ家14.26
療養14.42
救世14.30
慣習14.58
溢れだす15.28
見つめ直す15.53
独り善がり15.58
多すぎる14.09
安々14.70

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