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
急所14.01
母国14.72
一式14.25
値段13.46
ぽたり14.95
正直者15.14
迎えにくる15.46
15.12
苦言を呈する15.08
ほっこり14.59
閃光13.76
工面15.09
独裁14.94
明確13.49
何てったって15.01
非力14.43
人質13.66
鼻であしらう16.69
公然14.80
糸口14.69
追求14.05
起きぬけ16.14
否決15.57
ずきずき15.34
ツキ14.27
酷似14.45
14.74
ぐちゃぐちゃ14.35
焼け焦げる15.63
お椀14.89
婚約13.22
足りとも14.14
管理13.26
節々14.86
肩にかかる15.42
ご覧13.89
交う14.76
不貞腐れ14.95
奴隷12.87
化石14.84
熟成14.42
些細13.89
存じ上げる14.66
見出す14.07
食べもの15.13
こんがり14.88
他人事14.01
のうのう14.84
13.63
打ち砕く14.15
何ごと15.10
業者14.25
お櫃15.88
同い年14.14
頂ける13.53
調度14.91
害す14.17
同期14.22
15.73
威厳13.92
心の病15.60
目をひく16.05
確執14.59
手鼻16.89
巡り合う15.08
綴る14.44
野生13.95
淹れる14.89
鳥かご15.24
ぐさりと15.59
握り潰す14.60
極寒14.67
召し使う17.59
昆布巻き16.19
紙一枚15.76
注文13.54
要請13.74
土手14.88
か縁14.60
うまくいく14.52
螺子14.56
粉ふるい16.59
身が引き締まる15.61
さー13.76
13.83
滝つぼ15.86
塩加減15.41
嫌気が差す15.64
怨めしい15.79
菱餅16.69
誤字13.82
怒らせる14.47
何回か14.25
写経15.85
独り立ち14.66
いちゃこら16.89
産気づく15.50
代理13.87
雪崩れ込む15.39
波及14.93

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