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
天晴れ15.38
残り香14.92
縁起の良い16.02
異父15.84
ないよりはまし15.95
髪型14.06
空高く14.53
乗り換える14.78
円陣を組む15.70
吐かす15.03
三家15.14
ばっさり14.65
断言13.62
外因14.31
習う13.76
昨朝16.57
新郎14.88
居らっしゃる16.24
塩水14.96
幽か13.93
通り越す14.07
投げ荷15.12
当前15.37
掌る16.51
失礼ながら14.68
愛用14.15
愛想が良い15.99
お札14.91
甘辛15.57
送り火16.26
行燈15.86
煩わしい14.35
怨霊14.63
挙げられる14.33
言葉使い14.78
無限13.62
沸き上がる14.67
顔ばせ17.29
曲がった14.30
試しに13.89
例え13.46
しま模様17.05
むすっと14.85
紙一枚15.76
どしどし15.36
断つ14.07
ズキン15.58
健康体15.06
秋冬16.27
精粉17.29
退屈しのぎ15.31
実物14.28
名前をつける15.16
目に入る14.32
明明白白16.72
啄木鳥14.78
入念14.40
困難13.56
執り行う14.36
強奪14.34
まともに13.42
取り直し14.14
半開き14.62
結び方15.55
修練13.88
食べごろ15.69
音なし15.31
菊菜16.48
火の用心16.25
揺り動かす15.13
及く14.53
13.93
夢みる14.70
蕎麦屋15.57
身を寄せ合う15.45
出鼻14.87
零し14.20
家内安全15.92
出鱈目14.35
分離14.21
ぐらい12.70
淹れる14.89
左党14.58
密やか14.76
期間13.58
しくしく14.87
鈴虫15.71
程好く16.18
遺族14.75
快勝15.57
爆発13.24
口もと14.63
然れども15.81
仕上がり14.40
寂しげ14.45
障子紙16.02
お門違い14.98
図太い14.50
鳩派15.87
無縁14.13

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