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
曲げる14.20
言いつけ14.31
角張る15.52
万全13.85
現物14.54
歯肉15.54
向寒17.11
煎じる14.86
鉱山労働者16.04
御神酒15.64
世話役14.60
欠かす14.50
仮に13.45
だだ14.56
有り難や15.08
収穫高15.60
脇腹13.94
かつてない14.53
建築物14.52
一人娘14.52
苦言を呈する15.08
おろし立て15.95
14.46
新参14.79
に渡って14.13
酒代15.19
動物達14.86
博打14.52
花色16.14
からすの行水17.59
宮仕え15.24
引きつけ14.41
膝上14.86
忰せる14.86
恥じ入る14.85
長引く14.17
そうやって13.58
下山15.05
改装14.45
二階13.68
友達13.17
素性14.12
合い席16.72
正常14.00
御用14.33
孤立14.21
料亭15.01
取りなし15.00
心当たり13.87
粗相14.57
有りき15.08
ゆらり15.08
ずり14.67
狭める14.59
半生菓子17.11
主従関係14.90
適度14.05
やんちゃ14.57
目通り15.04
底値15.34
唖然13.69
目を泳がせる15.30
残念なことに14.41
14.91
半生14.93
ならともかく13.89
創始者15.21
塗りたくる14.94
不変14.90
棒読み14.56
くり抜く14.77
早朝13.84
吊り目15.47
経上がる16.21
幾度14.33
処ではない14.43
そんなバカな14.82
全くと言っていいほど14.94
肌寒い14.57
煮つめる16.06
食べごろ15.69
内宴16.99
垂れ込める16.35
ぴちぴち15.53
活動13.19
発言13.13
マメ科16.11
井戸水15.13
実感が湧く15.97
ふてぶてしい14.67
弱まる14.30
寿司14.43
14.44
定番13.98
清々15.20
嶮しい15.86
者共14.34
かあ14.21
苦し紛れ14.71
瓜二つ14.70

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