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
待ち伏せ14.24
論より証拠15.39
衣替え15.69
音頭14.79
ハラハラ14.55
何時からか14.86
泣きわめく14.99
禿14.57
二世14.30
程好く16.18
こそこそ14.24
一団13.81
糸口14.69
一風変わった15.15
ご兄弟15.40
愛の巣15.45
抵牾13.86
袖の下15.28
シェフ14.75
わあわあ15.53
鼻垂れ16.46
閻魔大王16.02
子どもの頃14.82
後援15.22
世話係14.77
脇腹13.94
目くばせ15.36
げんなり14.36
辛口15.00
真に14.02
蒼白14.31
些か14.15
婚約13.22
代理13.87
寿命を延ばす15.84
天秤にかける15.36
度胸14.18
有りのまま16.39
膨れ上がる14.57
香り高い15.46
酔い潰れる14.97
風通し14.96
貝14.21
惜別16.05
持ちかける14.16
怖いもの見たさ15.44
放す14.09
中居15.57
花々しい16.81
口中15.10
悪徳14.43
慮り15.59
出来うる限り15.14
困りごと15.60
アリ地獄16.59
自分の為に14.92
虐待14.50
誓って14.19
曲がり角14.44
二階13.68
お互い13.30
確執14.59
寂しげ14.45
米ぬか16.10
型押し16.40
一味違う15.16
重んじる14.36
強風14.51
細帯16.53
いちゃもん15.13
青空14.06
昆布巻き16.19
留守中14.97
百鬼夜行14.96
強張る14.73
見付かる14.42
行方不明13.96
釣り合い14.80
黒茶色16.06
うち震える16.53
卑怯13.91
行儀14.37
上質14.33
寝苦しい15.23
品々14.42
カビ14.73
仲を取り持つ15.63
口五月蝿い17.29
銅板15.40
使い込む14.65
証明13.41
庶民13.84
そうなんです13.96
えーと13.59
礼を尽くす15.53
数ある14.72
角が立つ15.36
搾りたて15.81
狭める14.59
毎14.67

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