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
いやぁ83.76
硬い83.44
幼芽83.74
裸芽83.78
つまみ食い84.81
84.57
虚しく84.33
いつの間にか83.19
微笑む83.01
痘痕85.58
年増84.86
大へん84.35
受け入れ83.34
83.54
うーん83.12
咲かせる84.31
ふくよか84.69
結う84.42
宴会83.97
83.37
並べて83.82
そこら中84.45
逆立てる84.62
神器84.04
とく83.39
潤む84.00
長ける83.91
官位84.82
お主83.37
柄杓85.23
納める84.22
切らす84.11
簡素84.07
海路84.41
暖簾84.76
半ば83.39
響き渡る83.85
多く82.66
白色84.37
月見団子86.17
耕す84.36
逞しい83.99
ただ今83.64
色々82.52
密か83.73
お八つ86.32
逃がす83.52
更新83.27
ご馳走さま84.62
集う84.12
交じり83.95
浸かる84.01
受ける82.66
可惜83.37
お焦げ85.59
厨房83.70
口移し85.04
83.64
飾り立てる84.86
反省83.53
83.88
向かい83.46
今晩は84.16
賑やか83.81
振り回す83.42
見やる83.65
決意83.41
そうね83.24
沢山82.94
愛らしい83.85
然も83.66
次々83.28
分だけ84.01
めでたい84.33
振り絞る84.02
恐らく82.72
太政官86.16
不気味83.60
清らか84.48
駕籠85.23
切角83.20
進んで83.07
そっくり83.72
なのです82.91
已に82.85
じんわり84.69
婆さん83.91
醤油83.98
吹き込む84.23
数える83.87
横たわる83.82
ひな祭り86.07
職人83.35
85.18
向こう側83.66
あからさま83.81
到底83.64
感情82.86
その内83.39
あん83.35

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