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
名ばかり14.41
掲示14.97
身構え14.32
使いもん15.91
呪縛14.51
放棄13.78
大敵15.08
替わり14.75
早とちり14.90
ありゃ14.07
ぞえ14.47
ところがどっこい15.44
放置13.34
特大14.32
田舎者14.65
抱き込む14.78
やぶ医者15.00
胸糞悪い15.12
お伴15.09
護衛12.82
朝昼晩15.38
花盛り15.86
小豆色15.96
なう14.82
手腕14.06
解放感15.03
来訪14.06
格上げ15.30
見れる13.74
赤み14.49
絞り染17.42
跡地14.53
身が引き締まる15.61
筒状14.91
腹立つ14.63
断言13.62
ばくばく15.21
うねる14.56
任命14.19
早る14.24
くんくん15.00
雑魚寝14.98
転び14.51
とっぷり15.33
叩打14.61
海栗14.45
世間話14.17
立膝16.35
いらっしゃいませ14.15
手元に届く16.06
看板娘14.77
道着15.16
快勝15.57
産後15.33
煮炊き15.16
王侯貴族14.44
そぼ降る16.31
恭しい14.16
歓迎13.56
回り回って15.79
血縁者14.84
完膚15.94
新芽15.26
小さめ14.41
薄化粧15.60
無理のない14.79
上り框16.49
作り変える15.20
お嬢様13.17
近々14.38
若手14.20
ぼた餅15.79
見知り15.64
子連れ15.11
片栗粉15.22
格好がつく16.04
正直12.91
起き抜け15.17
からくり14.95
悪行14.47
乞い願う15.95
現実味14.48
可愛げ14.50
流し台15.63
目を皿にする16.99
薄々14.22
悪寒14.19
舞台裏15.12
唐戸14.97
執り行う14.36
成っていない13.89
生やす13.99
自14.12
性根14.46
御節料理16.55
皆の者14.61
噤む14.38
手拍子15.18
円やか16.26
髪を切る15.49

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