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
話は別14.02
何のこと13.95
二更14.25
振り切る14.01
紅梅15.95
甘言14.96
筒状14.91
とか何とか14.08
無作法14.81
牡犬16.81
三途の川15.59
添い遂げる14.93
安産15.38
公約15.50
根拠のない14.81
気を緩める15.32
青々14.66
電光石火15.00
本音13.60
だし汁15.82
14.46
柘植15.34
逆戻り14.90
かしこ15.14
13.56
苦言を呈する15.08
焼印15.27
十一14.01
転じて14.80
後方13.21
どーん14.93
鈍い13.68
探し回る14.57
真っ黄色16.14
いい度胸14.73
明察15.05
ざあざあ16.15
自慢じゃないが15.24
全体に13.95
がらがら声16.69
耳を傾ける14.39
鬼火14.93
ごろつく16.64
大人の事情15.23
へその緒16.04
無意義16.53
渋る14.22
15.09
ご兄弟15.40
応答14.43
風聞14.80
童男13.91
着衣14.95
自責15.28
早くから14.37
項垂れる14.05
陣取る14.07
我らが13.76
円やか16.26
安息14.71
双子葉14.24
嗜み14.57
何か月も15.63
老若男女14.61
学位15.34
飯屋14.79
置いて行く14.87
黙殺14.65
カッと14.43
堅固14.30
野薊16.46
産気づく15.50
間を置いて14.59
儀礼14.28
こればかり14.15
味覚14.36
薬品14.35
仮定14.24
小皺16.03
名産品15.22
始めから14.78
表敬16.81
抵牾13.86
白み14.94
たわし15.84
木漏れ日14.71
ぶるん15.02
満ち溢れる15.40
軟膏14.80
がっつり14.57
出生14.78
あってこその14.99
剥く13.80
紛う15.44
根拠13.89
泊り14.79
絶大14.02
押しつけ14.20
二等分15.87
勝機14.26

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