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
外れ53.58
かと思うと53.80
もごもご54.55
嘆息53.95
匹53.09
勘違い53.28
反対53.40
陰53.89
まじまじ54.04
灯篭55.51
板前55.20
大袈裟54.10
性分54.50
女子53.33
酢水56.09
ちらり54.83
五月蝿55.79
いつだって53.91
財産53.96
張本人54.28
押し付ける53.86
怒号54.11
焼きたて54.65
勝利52.88
景色53.49
命令53.05
息継ぎ54.97
にやり54.54
突く53.32
見舞う54.15
てんで54.92
委ねる54.14
とと54.19
隙53.12
華々しい54.66
折れ53.68
汚し54.40
取り寄せる54.42
寝坊54.54
呆れ返る54.99
抜かす54.02
布53.21
えー53.52
右肩54.23
擦る54.08
蟹53.81
悪鬼54.23
恩返し54.35
関銭56.04
愉しみ55.10
収め53.80
でしかない53.42
丁銀56.89
畏くも56.18
借りる53.60
ここぞ54.24
布袋54.63
咲い54.31
この人53.25
小言54.42
お家53.95
日夜54.70
集落53.34
天界54.29
堪らん54.63
憐憫54.74
昨晩53.98
言い方53.46
あれまあ56.18
急須55.28
晴れやか54.43
暮らす53.59
ぎりぎり54.03
上生菓子56.69
間違える53.64
顔をだす55.60
華やぐ54.94
お疲れ様53.73
戯れ54.22
首を傾げる53.48
惹く53.82
せねば53.95
後ろ足54.47
引っ詰め55.52
暮れる54.41
捕まえる53.41
簪54.66
跡取り54.25
ぶつかる53.48
清算54.72
朽ちる54.34
せんと54.48
野良54.43
慥か53.82
刺さる53.65
費やす54.01
事故53.64
刺す53.50
狸53.66
手繰る54.93

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