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
安定13.59
後ほど14.29
蘇る13.85
早朝13.84
落とし物15.25
近親者15.58
無駄使い15.31
でき上がる15.53
14.61
当てはまる14.23
戦き15.90
芥子15.09
余すことなく14.91
一層の事16.14
気がつく13.38
方術15.95
身をもって14.62
呻き声14.19
暴君14.41
主観14.59
にあっては14.79
ヶ月13.60
主犯14.64
如何な14.48
食い止める14.18
躊躇いながら15.16
後方13.21
指を離す15.79
息ぴったり15.50
壁際13.99
誰ひとり15.19
供に13.75
袋の鼠15.89
うり二つ15.76
支柱14.56
刃物13.91
頭がいっぱい14.96
鮮度14.73
手薄14.53
生前14.05
何だこれは14.48
ねばねば15.70
拵える14.86
道程14.61
通年15.74
っ気15.27
重なり合う14.66
時点13.13
石竜子15.52
走らす15.22
ぎゅうぎゅう14.82
固形14.94
三つ指15.54
引き摺り下ろす15.82
汗をかく15.19
信じ難い14.75
すぐ側14.13
経営管理17.11
しゃきっと15.45
珊瑚14.52
中心点15.28
泊める14.44
幻聴14.50
泳がす15.64
人様14.47
守護者13.82
霞む14.20
手土産14.41
懐い14.25
遅咲き15.95
宝探し14.97
突っ走る14.52
歴代14.13
昨春16.99
健康体15.06
召し使う17.59
何もの14.30
茶道14.86
言いぐさ15.27
種族12.92
13.24
かよ13.36
加療16.99
恐れ多い14.58
臆病14.17
えーと13.59
悩み事14.87
差し金14.84
忍ばせる15.36
印象づける15.35
口数の少ない15.59
14.40
伝い14.51
同期14.22
賄賂14.43
私事15.06
出鱈目14.35
余す14.93
14.28
火事14.29

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