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
かしゃかしゃ15.73
断面14.46
味つけ15.43
吊り目15.47
引きとめる15.59
心の内14.49
澄みきる16.09
おちょくる14.80
畏れ多い14.81
ゆらり15.08
彼女ら13.85
氷雪14.42
すんません14.68
祝事16.61
諂い15.81
16.36
小汚い14.83
煮浸し16.18
15.48
物欲しそう14.92
初代13.75
重点14.73
お釣り14.86
出鱈目14.35
笑い話14.52
引き上げる14.00
睨み合い14.56
果てしない14.98
半永久的15.10
14.68
剝がす14.92
一段14.26
予洗16.19
山中14.43
私か14.81
ようにする13.59
帰って来る14.41
ぐるりと14.00
機嫌取り15.54
揉める14.27
網子14.59
ツグミ15.51
さる事ながら15.73
大騒ぎ13.99
肩身が狭い15.26
いらして14.56
辛口15.00
消え行く15.66
飼い猫15.28
13.24
乳児15.28
鉄壁14.35
雨雲14.79
手付かず14.89
強き14.53
雨が降る14.83
躓き15.13
明明白白16.72
特大14.32
呼び覚ます14.87
13.63
しばらくの間14.10
そり14.50
同日14.88
気合いが入る15.89
血塗る14.90
集い14.55
客席14.53
目も当てられない14.61
救済措置15.33
隠し玉14.93
力添え14.84
二階13.68
13.39
王侯貴族14.44
穴を開ける14.93
がらがら15.23
爆発13.24
すっと13.91
このため14.45
交流13.50
灯台下暗し15.58
お伴15.09
哨吶14.87
眼福14.72
声をあげる14.00
染め物15.70
右往左往14.51
持ち歩く14.25
二更14.25
警備13.42
長屋14.70
奇遇14.50
体がもたない16.05
いやはや14.11
探し回る14.57
ご機嫌取り15.00
残像14.43
冴え冴え15.93
褒め称える14.84

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