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
首輪13.72
絵画13.96
掛け合い14.87
花盛り15.86
戦争13.00
アホ13.68
見つめ直す15.53
寿命を縮める15.73
支脈17.42
畏れ多い14.81
何かしら13.50
貯まる14.48
洗い物14.73
運搬14.04
人間同士14.68
錆びる14.56
治安13.89
味な14.86
官僚14.30
可愛げ14.50
音なし15.31
渓谷14.32
絶品14.56
閉じ篭る15.95
画角15.49
道化師14.57
八分目16.11
呼びかけ13.81
壊滅13.76
今さっき14.65
走り去る14.14
堪え性15.55
歩き回る14.10
そぐう15.06
蹲る14.33
半切り16.99
冬毛15.94
我らが13.76
のん気15.30
積み上げる14.49
お浸し15.36
汗をかく15.19
あるに13.89
に依り16.01
長いあいだ15.38
子ども扱い14.91
罵り14.61
滝つぼ15.86
首肯く15.87
惚れ込む14.94
連なる14.06
時候の挨拶15.74
貧しい14.16
すれすれ14.68
萌黄色15.81
出発点15.32
初老14.19
これにより14.27
問題外15.24
値上げ15.06
なう14.82
親元14.97
出番13.70
で成らない14.78
ようにする13.59
急死15.16
いざこざ14.64
持ち歩く14.25
骨董15.47
飛び入り15.03
あきれ顔15.32
五段15.53
待遇14.10
罵声14.30
直角14.82
不届き者14.83
黒茶色16.06
経14.76
泥んこ15.77
人を食った15.32
趣向を変えて15.80
関税14.79
伝い14.51
愚女16.89
ふける14.63
篤実16.28
前かがみ15.09
しいしい16.29
つかみ取り15.81
目を泳がせる15.30
恋する14.34
うち震える16.53
自ら進んで15.18
国王陛下13.75
鳥肌14.46
手段13.10
湧き立つ15.62
引き合せる16.69
わんわん14.63
野良着16.14

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