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
おす15.06
書き直し15.07
異国人14.94
何もの14.30
自尊16.04
重病人15.70
砂山15.13
野良猫14.99
一年前14.33
周章16.72
留る16.00
手塩15.15
百寿17.59
官職14.91
私事15.06
丸顔15.41
玩ぶ15.50
時を移さず16.66
具材14.20
急激13.84
ぶん投げる14.69
祝盃17.05
手当て14.28
人間味14.96
私ごと15.71
きめ細か15.90
白雪14.48
15.85
絶え絶え15.39
胸焼け15.12
近縁15.87
とは限らない13.88
火柱14.45
ぺったり15.53
言い合い14.35
影も形もない15.40
諦めがつく15.82
年神16.04
師弟14.67
しめる14.85
帰路に着く15.59
激怒14.16
腟なら16.07
光線14.00
吊り目15.47
ほいほい14.97
食いつく14.12
お酌15.51
野道15.87
朝昼晩15.38
14.30
逃げ場所15.47
15.45
酒焼け16.12
虚脱感15.19
親心14.95
念のため13.66
免じる16.06
存じ上げる14.66
渦中14.63
ぎりぎりまで14.78
雪化粧15.53
こすり付ける15.20
マメ14.77
隣り14.37
全体に13.95
拭い去る15.47
照れ笑い14.97
自給自足14.76
関税14.79
赤らんだ15.41
世話人15.80
効果12.77
汗を流す15.02
丁半16.10
文句なし14.89
引きずり下ろす15.56
目が飛び出る15.70
無き14.12
掛け声14.15
店内13.76
年下13.87
二更14.25
前任者14.91
有りき15.08
人型13.63
荒削り15.31
塗り潰し15.21
自分独り16.23
小花柄16.29
挙げられる14.33
お粗末14.66
原価14.95
供に13.75
良い目15.30
放棄13.78
実物14.28
一年間14.49
それだけに13.91
つかえる14.94

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