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
興味62.96
分割64.17
明朝64.87
63.53
こさえる65.00
投げかける63.87
平等64.12
当の本人64.31
性格63.09
生涯63.91
浮いた64.17
鈍くさい65.31
砂糖きび66.29
本屋64.47
64.51
見張り番65.13
産む63.79
地位63.45
彩る64.04
何処へやら64.66
話題63.25
62.74
気遣う63.89
詰める63.86
恐らくは63.44
愉快63.82
途方64.26
ひと時64.51
顧みる64.53
となれば63.33
きんきん65.88
紹介63.20
母親63.18
浄衣66.51
可哀そう64.05
63.40
初秋65.55
大地63.20
拡がる64.89
腫れる65.06
冷ます64.48
65.00
御守り65.12
執務64.04
親友63.58
ひと言64.37
我に返る64.34
お気に入り63.82
百年64.07
担う63.72
かき集める64.35
被せる64.35
嫉む65.76
野営63.87
破壊62.94
あんなに63.52
彷徨く64.73
桜餅65.43
図々しい64.50
元は63.86
聖域63.91
ぶっ63.55
円陣64.68
お呼び63.71
砕け63.75
にょろにょろ65.67
鉄板64.16
苛め63.87
口に入る65.37
頑張る63.15
お出で63.80
一応62.83
どうしたん63.53
射し込む65.08
何人も63.85
懸命63.94
神聖63.63
すっからかん65.07
争う63.75
自信63.13
勤しむ64.26
微笑み63.30
呑む63.66
参列64.67
同じく63.21
付き63.15
徒に64.52
母子64.75
見知らぬ63.93
形ばかり65.05
礼儀63.89
頷き63.24
精緻64.62
堪らない63.91
63.49
うんうん63.82
退る64.37
存分に63.83
発意63.84
参拝65.11

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