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
外良16.19
堅固14.30
強いて言うなら14.69
千鳥足15.32
一直線13.87
ひと呼吸15.40
踊りだす15.55
私ごと15.71
救われる14.40
西日15.24
百聞は一見に如かず15.64
恋する14.34
折13.99
料亭15.01
菊菜16.48
こちとら14.64
河岸段丘16.85
念願14.52
このため14.45
最後尾14.20
一唱三嘆17.59
心もとない14.64
宝船16.19
発想13.73
拠点13.29
全財産14.74
強固13.94
眠り姫15.18
見出す14.07
中居15.57
無類14.93
がたり15.21
差し金14.84
四十13.76
天ぷら14.48
前妻15.38
気はない13.75
目が飛び出る15.70
選ばれる14.31
小松菜15.74
伝統芸能16.01
大きすぎる14.25
お寒い16.18
屋形14.95
飴細工15.16
偉ぶる15.66
口どけ16.14
印す15.48
総意14.61
ひと思いに15.47
訳ない13.74
前代未聞14.59
愚女16.89
まっぴら御免15.78
半面15.20
惨たらしい14.99
躊躇いながら15.16
猫をかぶる16.24
ある程度13.05
古びる14.44
小汚い14.83
寝静まる14.67
貢献14.04
速度12.90
萌葱色16.34
相反する14.61
見て見ぬふり14.82
吉13.85
待ちかね15.39
療養14.42
揉め14.21
わらび餅15.79
僣用15.70
初鶏15.01
雪柳16.48
形影16.37
切り出し14.47
鰯15.58
方がいい13.16
ぶん投げる14.69
嫡子14.58
軽口14.05
見つめ直す15.53
成り立ち14.65
ぺったり15.53
継ぎ接ぎ15.13
たらしい14.18
背徳14.98
ひと苦労15.51
その日暮らし15.46
バサバサ15.03
あっという間14.47
檻13.84
掃く15.00
身近13.99
何かあったの13.93
口説き15.01
味がする14.70
物悲しい14.88
能天気14.58

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