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
古びる14.44
白ひげ15.89
かっと14.90
片端15.44
身から出た錆15.45
相当13.09
商売13.44
私ごと15.71
丹念14.78
匂わす15.06
捜しもの16.89
敗ける15.17
内部13.28
不治15.69
鎮座14.20
金槌14.80
健康体15.06
ぽっこり15.44
熔岩15.71
風の便り15.95
かけ声14.95
雪柳16.48
篤実16.28
ぴょこぴょこ14.99
低層14.03
宮仕え15.24
川の字15.46
遠征隊15.11
通年15.74
供え15.10
煩わしい14.35
忍びない14.71
堕落14.48
汲み取り15.17
人間同士14.68
目くばせ15.36
内容物15.18
細細とした17.29
先導者15.35
不妊15.60
寒風15.17
行き会う16.25
上質14.33
独裁14.94
中たる14.21
言い伝え14.51
書き上げる14.69
がかる14.18
多種多様14.26
豪華絢爛15.04
すんません14.68
頃合14.32
そうこう14.48
赤茶色14.91
夏季14.05
だる14.83
がぶる15.28
年頃13.81
錠14.68
一体に14.71
美味い話15.70
目を通す14.40
巡り合う15.08
鉈14.13
心の闇15.32
この後に及んで15.72
動詞14.19
不届き者14.83
悪酔い15.27
御楽しみ17.59
流布14.37
白髭15.16
ピクリ14.13
我が家13.70
玉眼17.59
悠々14.28
消え行く15.66
幸か不幸か14.56
腹立つ14.63
着衣14.95
出払う14.80
するり14.96
涎を垂らす15.77
膨れる14.58
おんぼろ15.64
無骨14.30
交流13.50
利く13.59
見たところ13.84
青々14.66
解放感15.03
天秤14.21
肌寒い14.57
養分14.92
諸共14.21
凌ぎ14.57
曲者14.80
纏わる14.36
過程13.84
資源14.01

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