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
此間84.31
風味83.98
塗工84.13
押して83.73
添う84.96
休める84.08
流行り病85.03
迫る83.06
嘆き84.17
餡子85.13
向かい83.46
果たす83.42
千代84.53
遠い83.38
潔い84.37
84.04
83.88
誇らしげ84.18
年増84.86
探る83.44
山ほど84.16
並べて83.82
然も83.66
頭上83.41
毎朝84.38
浸かる84.01
魔法81.91
反省83.53
お八つ86.32
うーん83.12
交じり83.95
にしては83.42
えへん85.01
その内83.39
神議り86.59
咲く84.08
しんどい84.39
84.15
ひな祭り86.07
頂点83.83
密か83.73
衣擦れ84.98
信じられない83.47
横たわる83.82
掻く83.85
硬い83.44
潤む84.00
要る83.68
振り回す83.42
固め83.71
育てる83.68
食感84.06
花弁84.40
宴会83.97
ぐったり84.04
ただ今83.64
嫌味83.95
意地83.87
虐げる84.25
怪訝83.72
囁く83.56
どこか82.70
冷やす84.17
あからさま83.81
そっくり83.72
上機嫌83.88
響き渡る83.85
到底83.64
暖か83.55
向かい合う83.83
83.22
太政官86.16
屋敷82.89
振り絞る84.02
小娘83.84
幼い83.35
甦る84.54
口移し85.04
83.96
抱きつく83.59
不気味83.60
臭い83.42
尚更83.69
82.86
向こう側83.66
浸す84.39
豪快83.96
ころころ84.54
簡素84.07
いやぁ83.76
行き交う84.29
お焦げ85.59
たった一人83.82
そうね83.24
跪く83.81
若さ84.16
行き着く84.28
あろうことか84.40
その代わり83.75
だれ83.87

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