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
領主52.97
湧く53.55
上生菓子56.69
仰山55.61
54.04
畏くも56.18
お揚げ55.44
憐憫54.74
捕まる53.48
逃す53.61
掛け53.00
振りまく54.31
いいか53.15
合点54.40
54.32
でしかない53.42
誇り53.63
水音54.59
無力53.70
正殿56.14
水滴54.44
単皮54.27
言い方53.46
会釈54.14
建立55.10
この人53.25
54.05
53.73
費やす54.01
言い当てる54.55
讃える54.34
前罪55.63
一切れ54.78
飛び切り54.55
母上53.60
関銭56.04
成立53.73
思慮54.60
財産53.96
盛り54.31
如月54.25
あちらこちら54.26
情緒54.73
短夜55.28
弱み54.27
お気に54.04
若しくは53.38
収め53.80
始めて53.15
あっけらかん54.47
流麗54.62
舞う53.61
白々しい54.50
54.32
傷み54.61
細め53.57
尊ぶ54.64
板前55.20
窮地54.04
声がする54.46
どくん54.97
事となる53.96
ちりちり55.20
自慢53.55
折檻54.82
燃やす53.64
53.64
出迎え53.74
黄金色54.28
増々53.64
曲げ53.99
腐る53.60
ぽっかり54.33
沈める54.26
この様53.25
武官53.96
おお52.89
生まれて初めて54.33
素知らぬふり55.58
どれ53.75
配慮53.66
掛け図54.55
引っ詰め55.52
済みません53.21
布袋54.63
説得53.47
先程53.07
鳴り響く53.83
奮い立つ54.40
摘み54.53
並び54.00
顔をだす55.60
今すぐにでも54.41
侵す54.24
下座55.09
夜目53.39
では無かろうか54.73
貴重53.50
小言54.42
咄嗟に53.40

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