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
芝居14.11
立膝16.35
付け込む14.75
足腰14.65
泣ける14.49
素知らぬ顔14.74
変わりゆく15.52
然もなければ15.17
熱視線15.35
愛の巣15.45
持ち堪える14.88
不老不死14.50
譯ではない17.59
御用14.33
疲弊14.10
足を運ぶ14.44
我慢の限界14.74
火起こし15.66
兼ねて13.83
死ぬ気で14.77
年神16.04
抓る14.47
こほん14.62
一場面15.43
及く14.53
からすれば13.47
追い立て14.68
しもうた14.93
早さ14.22
地内15.80
花嫁衣裳15.47
現地13.87
とぼけ14.86
掛け軸15.46
尖る13.95
見付かる14.42
臥せる15.01
速度12.90
食べ終える15.08
の所為で14.40
従順14.30
痛痒い16.55
綱具14.63
もうた15.29
在るがまま15.03
身構え14.32
二枚目14.92
ぼろ14.97
ガラリ14.92
ごつん15.79
14.31
掬い14.63
春たけなわ16.69
謙遜14.25
賛辞14.57
ピンピン14.84
紡ぐ13.79
善い15.20
この後に及んで15.72
年齢13.21
か縁14.60
辻褄14.71
ろくでなし15.10
十全14.38
口説き15.01
含まれない15.08
13.50
名産14.70
直筆15.02
牡犬16.81
おろし立て15.95
14.33
火花を散らす14.86
仮納14.37
盲目14.72
深林16.45
赤らんだ15.41
ぴりり15.48
端々14.18
14.69
完膚なきまで14.58
失礼ながら14.68
生け捕り14.56
再起14.94
引っかかり14.60
人より14.23
射しこむ16.34
すまんかった15.04
砂山15.13
商売13.44
虫の音15.31
犯人捜し15.65
烏兎14.54
稔り16.81
片目14.16
烈しい15.17
魅する15.79
殺し12.99
落下13.51
見当たる14.19

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