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
怖い顔14.38
髪飾り14.07
13.70
身をひそめる16.02
毒々しい14.69
見せ物15.33
うつ伏せ14.35
こじつけ15.23
ぷいっと14.85
創める14.16
自ら進んで15.18
吹き込み15.34
下卑16.14
煮つめる16.06
情況15.15
花茎16.61
出刃15.48
風格14.36
自尊16.04
甘えん坊14.79
荒っぽい14.61
引きのばし16.78
逸物15.87
翠色15.12
下腿15.09
射つ14.57
めげる14.62
御坊15.63
手のうち15.79
格好がつく16.04
良し13.85
供え15.10
人聞き15.01
禁止13.64
一存14.70
一方的13.57
この所14.56
特殊13.22
居心地がいい15.13
畳の目16.51
知らぬ間に14.76
大女将16.75
翌春16.53
帰り支度14.91
寝正月16.43
四六時中14.62
悪童15.32
特選品17.11
仕方がない13.28
水を引く15.82
心当たりがある14.43
血の気がひく16.25
楽天的15.34
じゃぶじゃぶ15.70
好きになる14.51
しらっと15.89
網子14.59
それ故14.07
鋳造14.70
双方13.76
可憐13.45
飯屋14.79
幻聴14.50
恐がる15.24
凶事15.45
どちらかと言うと13.93
急激13.84
腹黒い14.76
貢献14.04
言い兼ねる17.19
弔い14.93
口出し14.21
とりあえず12.73
眼球14.13
野道15.87
犬猿16.15
酔い覚まし15.53
参上14.51
常衣17.59
土足で15.00
寿留女16.15
寝苦しい15.23
自決15.01
管理13.26
初夏14.63
目眩14.39
三線15.90
手探り14.60
年後14.14
両腕13.60
ましょう14.18
離れ離れ14.77
探し回る14.57
単に13.46
とか何とか14.08
肩身15.03
ぶくぶく15.12
人質13.66
塗す15.65
荷下ろし15.14

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