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.]

Read Now

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
現地13.87
焦れったい15.13
双眼15.42
弱気14.34
三家15.14
何でもいい14.10
進展14.18
訂正13.90
澱み15.07
右奥15.41
怪奇15.28
大ぶり14.86
地獄絵図14.74
張14.65
浮かれる14.03
明け暮れ14.83
開拓13.76
一期一会15.48
燻る14.51
息の緒17.59
やけくそ14.90
孝行15.23
仕付ける15.94
拘る14.18
雪女15.09
猫背14.89
禊15.17
目に見えて13.86
選ばれる14.31
一足14.62
経14.76
伝染す15.58
水溜まり15.13
酒屋14.96
何処にでも14.30
片棒15.15
成人13.74
継ぎ目14.90
芭蕉15.69
男前14.47
呑み14.43
執り行う14.36
日に日に14.49
蒼然16.55
戯ける14.98
躓き15.13
家屋14.17
大事にする14.55
一環14.08
仕方なしに14.86
夜なべ15.69
剝がす14.92
物悲しい14.88
ちゅー14.83
共演15.36
交互に13.91
咆哮13.55
衾15.17
石突14.87
至らない14.36
見向き14.60
股間14.27
確執14.59
見にくい15.22
動14.23
夜の帳14.87
大黒柱15.25
一指16.30
ちょこまか14.88
修繕14.43
焦点を合わせる15.75
用心深い14.64
手出し14.06
大空14.39
然程14.44
覆い隠す14.66
共にする14.31
蔓る15.23
二枚目14.92
無性に14.36
か縁14.60
ふやける15.21
目につく14.76
ばっくり15.85
身分違い15.10
生す14.85
遊びにいく15.55
使い込む14.65
すんでの所で14.79
知らず知らず14.61
彫刻14.31
家内14.35
よちよち15.49
内なる15.03
微々14.96
言葉を濁す14.74
見知る14.00
そうもありません15.53
煮崩れ15.86
服喪16.32

Showing 3601 - 3700 of 16,396 words