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
鬱憤14.52
炭焼き14.90
利く13.59
嫡子14.58
些か14.15
開かれる14.09
溌剌14.92
色めく14.97
愛想笑い14.49
補強14.14
のぼせ上がる15.64
臆病14.17
脅かす14.14
泥塗れ15.88
野放図15.44
宣言13.25
雄叫び13.92
縮む14.34
体裁14.37
地獄絵図14.74
店屋15.82
おめでとさん15.78
許しを乞う15.26
無いよりはまし16.03
背板15.73
皺寄せ15.58
心配症15.55
抱擁14.23
服喪16.32
悪戯13.83
福徳17.05
何回14.29
子宝15.12
願わくば14.65
冷めやらぬ14.95
物悲しい14.88
13.02
成りすます15.61
歩を進める14.48
嗜み14.57
夢みる14.70
行燈15.86
やぶ医者15.00
頑固者15.10
寄せ集め14.76
箇所13.76
捲る13.89
お茶汲み15.91
14.72
雪原14.50
なう14.82
戦き15.90
百聞は一見に如かず15.64
目もくれない15.39
読者14.10
得手に帆を揚げる17.59
抱き起こす14.90
追手14.48
国都15.37
茶さじ16.75
何かあったの13.93
軽率14.55
極める14.04
お見知り置き15.29
怪異14.64
余所余所しい15.09
御使い14.43
目をむく15.89
人柄14.12
引っ手繰り16.59
金粉15.33
目も当てられない14.61
人が変わる15.63
菊花15.07
あんな風に14.27
次章14.93
胸糞悪い15.12
まとも13.58
方位14.91
白を切る15.65
直る14.38
笑い皺15.79
勇気づけ15.28
勢いづく15.03
ぎゅうぎゅう14.82
囲碁15.25
嘘偽り14.58
手探り14.60
風格14.36
でふ15.45
精粉17.29
貫通13.82
へなちょこ15.66
押し黙る14.15
所有権14.51
お裾分け14.92
何でもいい14.10
葛餅16.35
天ぷら14.48
結び方15.55

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