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
引き上げ14.05
14.88
眼球14.13
歳とった16.75
上り14.17
手水鉢16.85
高山14.86
綿花15.22
徒渉16.24
ご用14.60
贔負16.59
14.39
14.04
膨れる14.58
14.27
貧民窟15.13
先に立つ15.20
13.56
幼気14.80
要請13.74
晩春15.91
お寒い16.18
川幅15.11
そいつ13.28
苦し紛れ14.71
具材14.20
美味い話15.70
引っかかり14.60
実物14.28
世途14.83
子守唄14.87
もう少しで14.13
歯朶14.89
かい潜る16.51
人が悪い15.09
迫り来る14.20
丁半16.10
13.44
立ち合う15.18
鼻腔14.61
あんぽ柿17.59
摘みとる17.11
13.63
手に入る13.80
放っておく14.13
結い方15.99
油揚げ15.02
鵜呑み14.76
言い伝え14.51
載る13.85
憎らしい14.72
生誕14.26
人聞き15.01
使いもん15.91
鳥おどし17.42
虫の音15.31
ご機嫌取り15.00
八百屋14.91
16.31
血縁者14.84
余所者14.63
移動12.67
灰汁が強い16.75
適任14.28
当て馬14.79
蕩ける14.49
目をつける15.56
滑り落ちる14.53
及び腰14.92
お淑やか14.70
玉眼17.59
若手14.20
混む14.22
さ中14.46
白粉15.12
行き会う16.25
異例14.50
料亭15.01
一六14.94
当て推量16.13
乏しい14.07
茶柱16.11
事の発端15.00
味気ない14.66
買い込む14.42
ひけらかす15.08
一か八か14.76
討伐12.99
今ごろ14.88
14.94
あきまへん16.14
味つけ15.43
北向き16.12
引きのばし16.78
野次馬14.21
捲り14.40
悪行14.47
しゃあしゃあ16.02
お陰様で14.82
べき14.58

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