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
吸収剤17.11
出口13.76
14.42
がかる14.18
むかし話17.11
啄木鳥14.78
信頼のおける15.22
鬱憤を晴らす15.10
横向き14.83
股間14.27
形容14.29
相手取る14.33
子種15.17
筈ない14.42
爆発13.24
特権14.19
飲み食い14.68
寝惚ける15.42
麺棒15.67
へばる14.84
つつも13.23
身の回り14.37
長屋14.70
締め括る15.05
日和14.52
騎虎の勢い16.81
未だかつて15.03
異種14.39
端くれ14.75
火をつける14.79
しいしい16.29
お届け14.64
鼻の下14.66
高尚14.94
掘り起こす14.51
高山14.86
奥の間15.45
実物14.28
化導14.71
命取り14.64
来週14.26
眠りこける14.79
楽天的15.34
カラカラ14.50
個人店16.30
ちゃんちゃんこ16.34
始めは14.69
マメ14.77
爽快感14.99
暴挙14.34
にょきにょき15.57
助言13.85
お陰14.09
父娘14.96
受付13.53
定める14.00
野生13.95
不平等15.10
新参14.79
13.44
頭を掻く14.57
13.41
自給自足14.76
余所者14.63
せめぎ合う15.33
言い草14.56
爛れる14.98
新年早々15.51
菓子屋15.26
干物14.55
口五月蠅い16.89
小五月蝿い16.89
単調14.45
そうこう14.48
月夜14.56
肖る15.52
習い14.30
何気なく14.23
次官14.80
しようもない14.13
長続き14.89
こじつけ15.23
薄笑い14.96
望みどおり15.34
吹き溜まり15.46
ぐらつく14.90
鈴虫15.71
ぼっと15.12
雪原14.50
中腹14.54
歯車が狂う16.49
合戦14.36
焼べる16.42
恥じ入る14.85
一年中15.13
日保ち16.23
だらしない14.53
貪る14.21
見れる13.74
些か14.15

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