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
心の傷14.66
信濃14.96
時を移さず16.66
おやまあ15.45
お寒い16.18
目に見えて13.86
小っさい15.28
始めは14.69
無けなし14.71
坪庭16.81
失神14.47
防ぎ13.96
一式14.25
あっと言う間に14.65
火事14.29
人を食った15.32
赤茶色14.91
回し読み15.82
何れも此れも14.45
教育者15.02
晴れの日15.34
身をひそめる16.02
左党14.58
ぷかぷか15.17
蚊帳15.81
持ち堪える14.88
注ぎ口15.77
一泡15.18
14.40
春寒16.85
水入らず15.06
蜜ろう16.85
突っ走る14.52
笑い皺15.79
それだから15.05
跡地14.53
派手やか16.55
うねる14.56
古びる14.44
北端15.03
何時14.06
何時もながら14.90
巡り合わせ15.01
野次馬14.21
お札14.91
横向く16.99
口五月蠅い16.89
使いもん15.91
商売上手15.46
共演15.36
内密に14.55
お互い13.30
新薬15.24
篤実16.28
大きくなる13.96
然るべき14.27
一室13.82
13.71
真に14.02
破体14.73
泡沫15.20
逆転劇15.53
象る14.64
願わくば14.65
啄む15.20
一望14.62
止むを得ず15.59
同憂15.47
助平15.20
くり抜く14.77
大騒ぎ13.99
声がけ15.47
うようよ15.25
何時まで13.82
位相14.30
片づけ14.21
変わり者14.45
薬効14.59
お門違い14.98
幽か13.93
堪え難い15.61
14.39
一閃13.92
言葉使い14.78
仲介14.36
おどろおどろしい14.89
澄みきる16.09
14.42
いけず15.13
推進14.32
脳みそ14.38
舌舐めずり15.36
載る13.85
格好がつく16.04
六人13.94
洗練された14.43
躊躇いながら15.16
甘言14.96
がや15.03
正直者15.14

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