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
唐突83.52
つまみ食い84.81
ころころ84.54
厨房83.70
振り回す83.42
然も83.66
尚更83.69
尾83.44
地味83.57
可惜83.37
落ち込む83.58
弧84.41
分だけ84.01
形だけ84.47
二日83.62
結う84.42
向こう側83.66
誇らしげ84.18
張り付く83.89
様になる83.45
種82.95
浸す84.39
岩場83.79
侍医84.02
に依る82.76
不気味83.60
多く82.66
先日83.39
網83.84
固め83.71
戦場83.04
耕す84.36
増す83.62
休める84.08
がくがく84.86
すんなり84.06
食らう83.56
にこにこ83.88
立ち上がり83.46
飛び散る83.93
上機嫌83.88
支える83.62
育てる83.68
向かい合う83.83
目頭84.70
探る83.44
硬い83.44
遡る84.13
食感84.06
得意げ84.14
毎朝84.38
ほくほく84.80
突き出す83.65
干し84.36
反省83.53
お主83.37
悔いる84.83
盆地84.71
覗き込む83.90
天守85.02
余韻84.29
そっくり83.72
数え83.89
なのです82.91
ぼろ切れ85.38
お日様84.83
ご馳走さま84.62
無しで83.72
王朝84.63
小娘83.84
受け入れ83.34
清らか84.48
程よく84.64
切らす84.11
高価83.78
風味83.98
若さ84.16
とん84.43
振り絞る84.02
お八つ86.32
いやぁ83.76
黒みつ86.45
甦る84.54
方法82.86
実83.37
誠に84.22
一礼73.63
聞ける73.63
沖73.65
三百73.94
徐々に73.30
に付けて73.65
舎利74.04
ぱっと74.17
履く73.90
わざとらしい74.00
無くなる73.38
滑か74.57
どの様73.31
お願い致します74.20

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