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
給料14.05
火が点く16.06
すまんかった15.04
忘れ物14.51
確かめ13.70
丸煮15.29
金平糖15.30
失せる14.31
永い14.62
馴れ馴れしい14.55
生き血15.19
惚れ込む14.94
根拠13.89
階級13.80
15.72
うわ13.47
手中に収める15.43
背に腹は変えられぬ16.59
薬草13.50
顔を揃える16.25
へなちょこ15.66
精粉17.29
会わせる14.33
然るべき14.27
西向き16.36
得体14.51
お茶屋15.98
この所14.56
ぽっぽと17.11
もみ手15.98
頭領14.47
あっと言う間に14.65
無理のない14.79
秘密13.31
近親者15.58
14.27
子持ち15.02
出涸らし15.82
昔々15.08
待ちかね15.39
真っ青13.96
雪原14.50
雲ひとつない15.27
山びこ16.57
投稿13.57
どこら辺15.20
15.60
真夜中14.43
もう一声15.53
ひけらかす15.08
一具16.85
下腿15.09
夜遅く14.46
空模様15.24
堪忍袋15.02
名産品15.22
こすり付ける15.20
年頃13.81
芭蕉15.69
油断13.37
注連飾り17.59
末期14.67
がっつり14.57
収支14.87
15.32
成り下がる14.69
歯車が狂う16.49
善くぞ14.24
内なる15.03
鼻っ柱15.19
モヤモヤ14.51
敬意を払う15.10
刮目15.19
生足15.19
再開13.61
手探り14.60
股引き17.29
出かける13.56
苦し紛れ14.71
共演15.36
騎乗13.77
張り手15.18
荷下ろし15.14
凍り付く14.25
吊り目15.47
お河童15.06
薫り14.70
悪行14.47
勝ち目14.13
今ごろ14.88
絡み14.14
年忘れ17.19
刻み込む14.27
山登り15.07
突き刺す13.70
加工13.58
信者13.92
仔猫15.10
宜しければ13.89
主従関係14.90

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