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
霜柱15.73
然るべき14.27
炭火15.21
渓谷14.32
ぴくぴく動く16.21
根幹14.41
でき次第15.28
襲いかかる13.59
嫌気14.62
奇遇14.50
っこ15.04
二時14.82
花盛り15.86
言い聞かす15.23
14.74
鯔背15.91
潜り込む13.89
凝視13.85
耽ける16.57
支脈17.42
一張羅15.23
歯朶14.89
得手に帆を揚げる17.59
御用聞き15.72
背徳14.98
アホ13.68
月初め15.86
翌春16.53
承る14.28
独断14.32
婿13.95
語らう14.29
血族13.86
不条理14.68
っす13.15
12.83
弓引く15.46
後退る14.94
ぽってり15.78
だらしない14.53
奢る14.15
血液13.95
金時豆17.59
心構え14.34
慎み14.90
兆し14.50
孤独13.98
押し潰す14.82
聴き入る15.62
洪水14.64
大柄14.04
重点14.73
浅瀬14.63
信濃14.96
身も心も14.67
塩水14.96
円やか16.26
すったもんだ15.34
四六時中14.62
曲がり角14.44
播遷14.42
弛める15.36
心配症15.55
思春期14.47
つり上がる14.94
落差14.75
背中を丸める16.22
ありゃ14.07
二更14.25
火事14.29
旅立つ13.92
平手打ち14.87
謳い文句15.39
年下13.87
御坊15.63
嫌気が差す15.64
寝穢い16.85
異性14.02
四肢五体16.48
辛口15.00
単位13.69
休業14.99
買って出る15.44
精密13.79
いざこざ14.64
処ではない14.43
ずり14.67
わい13.90
立ち往生14.94
行きしな16.45
顔ばせ17.29
階段下15.37
かしこ15.14
端々14.18
一貫15.02
お上手14.91
左肩14.31
誠心誠意14.66
凍り付く14.25
仲の良い14.37

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