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
加わる53.42
収め53.80
ここぞ54.24
けたたましい54.50
合格53.85
本来なら53.43
費やす54.01
もごもご54.55
母上53.60
逃げ込む54.06
阻む53.76
ずる54.33
素知らぬふり55.58
移ろう54.70
ないで54.00
生け贄54.85
身丈56.02
徳利55.00
目尻54.30
試練53.52
矢先54.25
我が儘54.33
急須55.28
他用54.13
委ねる54.14
分家54.10
差し置く54.50
武官53.96
刺さる53.65
映り54.46
上奏55.25
褐炭55.11
五人53.58
手放し54.11
こっちゃ54.76
染め53.64
明け方54.63
上生菓子56.69
畏まりました53.72
別に52.69
乳母54.19
54.32
お家53.95
誕生日53.79
外れ53.58
に伴い54.57
54.29
昨晩53.98
下座55.09
後ろ姿54.00
54.00
前罪55.63
何事54.06
主役54.03
53.66
仰せ54.39
採る53.99
交換53.64
暮らす53.59
礼服54.53
振りまく54.31
であれ53.83
独り占め54.48
呪う53.82
苛立つ53.97
53.69
せい52.98
晴れて54.13
遠吠え54.44
襟元54.69
折れ53.68
板前55.20
寄り道54.38
一行53.49
投げ出す53.88
妬み54.63
体力53.19
布袋54.63
幾らでも53.46
燃え盛る54.16
お揚げ55.44
妃嬪55.61
嘆息53.95
悪鬼54.23
抱き締める53.91
借りる53.60
わけが無い53.49
何時から53.95
割り54.25
地獄53.43
53.69
混じり53.80
戯れ54.22
落堕55.90
朽ちる54.34
建立55.10
この通り54.21
55.84
自慢53.55
53.77

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