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
座り53.58
呆れ返る54.99
威高53.54
捕まる53.48
54.00
振りまく54.31
言い当てる54.55
逃げ込む54.06
はらはら54.79
指先53.46
霧雪56.89
発つ54.25
万人54.09
急須55.28
刻限54.71
試食54.08
景色53.49
何れも53.39
内通者54.72
一切れ54.78
言付ける55.81
立ち込める54.35
試練53.52
寝坊54.54
思い直す54.23
女子53.33
54.36
仕掛け53.32
若葉54.30
きっかけ53.69
54.88
お揚げ55.44
細め53.57
息継ぎ54.97
涼やか54.44
行き来53.89
掘り返す54.47
栄える54.70
擦る54.08
心得53.94
仰山55.61
挙げ句54.26
いいや53.63
おはよう53.57
有り難い53.38
首根っこ54.38
酔い54.12
外れ53.58
示し53.48
吹き54.04
舞う53.61
疑い53.68
誇り53.63
前罪55.63
石畳53.96
砲弾54.01
板前55.20
幾つか53.13
意味合い54.05
こっちゃ54.76
見舞う54.15
抱き上げる53.94
一途54.44
跡取り54.25
たった今54.17
押し付ける53.86
忍ぶ54.41
難い53.79
漣痕56.61
実際53.06
読み取る54.00
背筋53.62
憐憫54.74
どれ53.75
に加え53.96
襟元54.69
誕生日53.79
短夜55.28
見放す54.54
実母54.95
妃嬪55.61
餅粉56.81
顔面53.59
53.78
せい52.98
どっしり54.57
晴れて54.13
治療53.17
半身54.08
53.86
濡れ53.98
四つん這い54.58
一行53.49
潰れる54.02
借りる53.60
山頂54.24
傷み54.61
祭壇53.90
後ろめたい54.32
阻む53.76

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