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
人目83.91
飾り立てる84.86
千代84.53
逆立てる84.62
流行り病85.03
って言う82.83
その内83.39
引き止める84.17
頭上83.41
悔いる84.83
御心84.66
切らす84.11
嘆き84.17
向かい合う83.83
痘痕85.58
地味83.57
数え83.89
これでも83.60
賑やか83.81
要る83.68
あからさま83.81
思い出83.63
切角83.20
柚餅子86.36
滑り84.33
ぐったり84.04
耕す84.36
不気味83.60
八つ時86.53
其れと82.92
この度83.88
進んで83.07
得意げ84.14
飛び散る83.93
実83.37
岩場83.79
広まる83.83
向こう側83.66
信じられない83.47
臭い83.42
夜更け84.76
にこにこ83.88
更新83.27
一面83.79
宵84.57
口調83.14
分ける83.85
へら84.80
なのです82.91
緩め84.04
美声84.82
気になる83.19
日常83.67
飛び上がる83.88
躰85.18
余韻84.29
盆地84.71
ずつ83.48
意地83.87
固め83.71
行き着く84.28
忠言85.18
ご馳走さま84.62
結う84.42
婆さん83.91
云える83.55
天辺84.18
怪訝83.72
四83.02
年増84.86
我がまま83.88
色々82.52
交じり83.95
獣82.86
ころころ84.54
瓶子86.11
しんどい84.39
王朝84.63
跪く83.81
咲く84.08
食感84.06
柄杓85.23
勿体ない83.70
職人83.35
冷やす84.17
でく84.20
張り付く83.89
這う83.69
重ねて83.65
甦る84.54
果たす83.42
馳せる84.09
念83.64
戦場83.04
集う84.12
育てる83.68
不満83.21
形だけ84.47
尾83.44
到底83.64

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