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
実験13.40
黄泉14.67
引き際14.86
良しとする14.63
思い遣り15.54
特注品14.98
皇子13.70
お河童15.06
始めは14.69
囚人14.54
容14.12
図面14.45
我が家13.70
まず無い14.48
身に纏う14.45
意気込む14.35
客商売15.17
輸入14.37
安心感14.20
神化14.75
目からうろこ16.01
いかづち15.77
居心地がいい15.13
賜物14.49
飯時15.63
歯車が狂う16.49
染め上げる14.28
かぶり付く15.86
見知り15.64
手紙を出す15.29
一段14.26
犬猿16.15
胸焼け15.12
乞い願う15.95
言い合い14.35
精根15.52
年神16.04
五分13.87
北部13.67
掴み上げる15.41
収穫高15.60
書き記す14.74
良さげ14.95
手当て14.28
祝辞14.99
薄明かり15.21
引き続き14.02
異性14.02
和らぐ14.32
群青色15.16
邪険14.51
この上ない14.14
たるや14.59
春たけなわ16.69
返り討ち14.06
ほんじゃ15.36
なーんだ15.13
居らっしゃる16.24
問い詰める14.11
鳥かご15.24
近況報告15.02
食べかす15.53
級13.21
晩春15.91
まる一日16.01
戯ける14.98
粗い15.02
鬱憤を晴らす15.10
悩み事14.87
使用13.03
地獄絵図14.74
人受け16.20
一着14.68
任侠14.99
あきれ顔15.32
中ほど14.75
雪化粧15.53
察知13.27
合い席16.72
栓14.83
裏漉し15.97
とりあえず12.73
長閑14.43
高床式15.79
押しのける14.30
快勝15.57
人懐っこい14.53
捕縛13.84
憩いの場15.16
手塩15.15
二倍14.25
とでも言うよう14.29
成り下がる14.69
茶道14.86
弾き出す14.92
凝視13.85
学位15.34
どこを取っても15.82
外気14.72
へぇー14.66

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