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
ちらほら64.10
手応え64.02
よっぽど63.76
言い残す64.02
衰え64.33
もんじゃ63.76
身代わり64.29
健やか64.50
花嫁修業65.13
見え隠れ64.45
変化62.90
お呼び63.71
悪さ63.79
甘える63.94
話題63.25
お客さん63.75
残念ながら63.45
今後63.04
母ちゃん64.47
怯む63.84
付き添う64.14
口に入る65.37
小銭64.62
豆餅66.69
登り64.18
受け入れる63.42
利し63.25
拡がる64.89
兵士62.77
吐き出す63.41
一声64.20
何処へやら64.66
折れる63.58
親しい63.82
稼ぐ63.44
暫し63.60
無能63.92
丸める64.52
婚儀64.05
がじ65.07
末娘64.93
気遣う63.89
と言うか62.68
番頭64.75
64.48
思いつく63.34
そうになる63.49
精緻64.62
63.49
押し63.46
一から64.17
だらし64.47
見知らぬ63.93
三摩耶65.15
引き受ける63.91
剥がす63.97
お出で63.80
生涯63.91
左手63.25
切れない63.53
火灯65.20
蔑視65.15
64.24
伊達巻66.14
大豆64.58
桜餅65.43
争う63.75
吐息63.83
行商人64.00
市ね63.36
居心地64.01
ずんずん64.73
おどおど64.61
世にも64.88
産む63.79
らしからぬ64.41
63.70
64.12
一つずつ64.26
本屋64.47
はいはい63.62
置き去り64.06
崩落64.19
すり64.43
古史64.64
内乱64.08
恐らくは63.44
会話62.82
慰め63.79
わん64.24
苛め63.87
鼓動63.91
礼儀63.89
妬く64.95
もっちり65.29
東西南北64.68
無事に63.37
蔀戸66.72
昇り64.37
彩る64.04

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