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
手がかり14.18
日東17.19
笑い話14.52
目の下14.53
何なのか13.86
入念14.40
惜しみ無く16.09
物わかりが悪い16.61
三位14.56
労役15.16
何回14.29
忌むべき14.75
子守唄14.87
焦れる14.61
香炉15.28
白魚15.30
生まれつき14.46
心変わり14.75
けんもほろろ15.52
家内14.35
忽15.04
通用13.67
無作法14.81
冗談じゃない14.38
移り変わる14.82
北門14.33
大破14.70
抗14.74
人を食った15.32
口出し14.21
点者13.84
名前をつける15.16
晩秋15.32
重んじる14.36
悪酔い15.27
剣を交える15.15
周章16.72
餌付け14.76
散らかる14.65
慎ましい14.67
精粉17.29
問い返す14.31
自給自足14.76
ぺたん14.58
屈辱的14.77
怨めしい15.79
いい歳15.08
精通14.49
惜別16.05
むすっと14.85
混ぜ合わせる15.18
安々14.70
御用14.33
地震14.17
裏門14.88
困りごと15.60
ちーん15.75
倒さ13.79
端切れ15.42
火急14.94
出来映え15.44
ランキング14.04
飾り職16.69
菎蒻15.15
受け取16.19
凌ぎ14.57
卸値15.77
落っこちる14.82
昨朝16.57
無限13.62
拓く14.66
満場一致14.84
艶艶16.89
未だかつて15.03
察知13.27
早とちり14.90
ってね14.21
じゅるり15.30
可愛げ14.50
沸き上がる14.67
洗い出す15.27
今ごろ14.88
ごろっと15.86
撃つ13.27
要するに13.62
行ってくる13.79
鳶色14.88
相反15.28
御柱15.27
一心不乱14.47
深める13.69
地声15.64
薄闇14.77
鴉14.28
ばれる13.70
生き血15.19
通りすがる15.86
薄っぺら15.08
あんな風に14.27
お河童15.06

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