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
手に取る14.11
かく言う14.52
懐に入る15.18
石垣14.95
居座り15.17
打ちのめす14.42
14.03
長旅14.43
待ち遠しい14.71
何処も彼処も14.76
身分違い15.10
溜め息をつく14.71
桐箱16.19
そうなんです13.96
円柱形15.79
掘り起こす14.51
ふっ飛ぶ15.22
一心14.63
後ほど14.29
名分14.86
仇なす15.01
趣向を変えて15.80
誰ひとり15.19
人様14.47
手鼻16.89
五倍14.63
修練13.88
部費14.82
可憐13.45
かすかす16.69
練り上げる14.43
焼け付く15.27
影も形もない15.40
無理のない14.79
残念なこと15.06
功徳15.13
はつ恋17.42
留守中14.97
願わくば14.65
菜種油15.82
べろ15.66
宝庫14.88
専ら14.38
再来週15.44
解せない14.90
境遇14.09
天性14.84
後退13.67
若き日15.11
そうこう14.48
土砂14.34
青空14.06
詰まらぬ14.87
在庫管理15.70
時たま14.75
極寒14.67
型抜き15.48
造作14.90
秋桜14.74
駐在14.93
すいすい15.10
ひと舐め15.98
満点14.44
ベタ14.75
嫌み14.77
14.66
すっと13.91
幸福13.74
寝不足14.43
湿る14.03
載る13.85
曲げる14.20
身を置く14.86
古臭い14.93
労役15.16
面妖15.21
悲喜交々16.06
途絶え14.56
何のこと13.95
掘り下げる14.82
喃々13.84
血迷う14.97
萌葱16.61
運び出す14.41
人が悪い15.09
長夜17.05
自力13.88
姿を見せる14.26
悪人14.19
その気13.88
真っ盛り14.82
膝関節15.50
真っ向から14.13
大切な人14.14
辛く14.04
隠し玉14.93
収取16.18
図面14.45
三本足15.51
不平等15.10

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