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
血気15.26
要請13.74
欲望13.84
満点14.44
失格14.23
主張13.48
とくとく15.58
足掻き14.62
末路14.30
朽果てる17.59
出生14.78
持ち寄り15.63
お墨付き14.46
もう一声15.53
二倍14.25
うろつく14.21
ふやける15.21
糖分14.87
またね14.41
善し15.38
1枚13.98
腎16.51
ぽっこり15.44
捲る13.89
遣える15.37
男泣き15.40
心の内14.49
その筈14.29
楯突く15.06
念仏15.24
顔合わせ14.25
見れる13.74
優13.71
人より14.23
愚痴愚痴15.29
荒削り15.31
四日13.94
成り上がる14.61
大観17.19
国王陛下13.75
くどくど15.24
庶民13.84
勇み足15.40
長閑14.43
滝つぼ15.86
矢場13.87
鶏がら15.96
水も滴る15.78
一時に15.12
唐変木15.58
多すぎる14.09
雇い主14.35
欠落14.69
振り切る14.01
知らず知らず14.61
御出で16.03
余所者14.63
ばっくり15.85
流し台15.63
苦り切る15.61
山の頂15.22
仄めかし15.22
年間13.72
名ばかり14.41
泥塗れ15.88
ランキング14.04
儀礼14.28
一指16.30
臥す14.91
気を利かす16.75
村じゅう16.39
敷き布団15.99
人目につく15.34
濃14.46
歴史的14.48
名産14.70
ふざけ14.01
期待に応える15.01
来訪14.06
大寄せ17.59
嬉し涙15.52
嫡出16.51
浮かれる14.03
ぎゃあぎゃあ14.93
ようと14.57
有能13.85
兄ちゃん13.55
重奏16.02
休養14.47
誇張14.44
堪え性15.55
暴れまわる14.89
ふうふう15.50
度量14.69
唯一無二14.28
返り討ち14.06
船をこぐ16.59
手をとる15.51
心もとない14.64
吹きさらし15.76

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