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
白ける14.91
掘り出す14.64
破体14.73
特注品14.98
ごつん15.79
目方15.74
呼び戻す14.50
かけ声14.95
先年15.19
とも言う14.32
鳥肌14.46
しょげる14.92
無いよりはまし16.03
十全14.38
踏み潰す15.00
山中14.43
おさらば14.86
噛み合う14.34
一尺15.72
峠を越える16.05
13.93
期待に応える15.01
放っておく14.13
死神13.73
四十13.76
薄っぺら15.08
製菓15.39
片端15.44
寝不足14.43
頭をかく14.90
でき次第15.28
金椀15.05
口開け15.56
御料15.86
着衣14.95
助け舟14.49
動き回る13.92
極める14.04
売切れる16.61
厚い壁15.80
到着13.05
賑わい14.35
14.44
昆布巻き16.19
瘦せぎす16.99
苦行14.69
朝もや15.69
二箇所15.06
臆する14.57
騙し14.14
備える13.84
お面14.78
銘々皿17.59
巻き取る15.61
吐かす15.03
腹減った14.79
ひし15.32
みたく14.18
15.73
惰弱15.18
在中15.42
置いて行く14.87
狭める14.59
急所14.01
前者14.06
泥まみれ15.04
老醜16.21
べた15.28
居住まいを正す15.13
命にかえても16.11
昏れる15.61
血の気のない15.91
煎餅布団16.57
横暴14.33
カビ14.73
田舎者14.65
そうもありません15.53
交う14.76
骨董15.47
つんと来る16.37
分野14.00
規則的14.97
掛け声14.15
摂取14.33
14.76
面白13.51
飲み水14.79
大の字14.60
印す15.48
盛り合わせ15.00
両腕13.60
同期14.22
廃刊14.81
二時14.82
成り立ち14.65
案件13.94
哀しい14.50
ひと吹き16.27
毛足15.22
体がもたない16.05

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