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
お姉さん13.31
不始末14.72
コツ14.11
一段14.26
うぐいす餡16.81
縁起の良い16.02
混ぜ返す16.02
呆気にとられる14.93
抜け出る14.58
布く15.53
縁のない14.95
結びつき14.73
融合13.65
まし13.94
国都15.37
幸か不幸か14.56
未来永劫14.83
きしきし15.86
心を動かす15.35
うようよ15.25
収穫期15.40
そうやって13.58
駐在14.93
お茶屋15.98
高飛車14.91
何回14.29
誘い出す14.78
もみ手15.98
13.92
ぽってり15.78
下心14.42
尾ひれ15.03
侘び15.47
脱兎の如く15.19
蹴つまずく17.59
掃討14.27
淹れる14.89
衝立14.75
お見知り置き15.29
溜息を吐く14.11
不治15.69
一味違う15.16
悲哀14.71
住居14.13
今となっては13.99
翌年14.91
何気に14.22
見る目13.98
解明14.27
言葉を交わす14.22
恥じらう14.91
年初15.77
孤独13.98
ぷかぷか15.17
否決15.57
シェフ14.75
そうじゃなくて14.17
すき間15.22
雇い主14.35
お返事14.61
申し分ない14.47
尻叩き15.83
寒々しい14.95
隔靴掻痒16.89
心許ない14.55
褒め称える14.84
勝手気儘16.48
15.29
茶番劇15.09
思い出し笑い15.35
立ち会い14.91
嘲り14.74
掻き出す15.47
さぼり15.24
歯肉15.54
甘噛み15.03
発声練習15.54
常衣17.59
労い14.32
前任者14.91
平々16.69
抜け抜け15.19
いろは14.78
お互い13.30
かちかち15.45
石灰15.08
山中14.43
討っ手14.52
御料15.86
許諾15.43
口どけ16.14
サラサラ14.29
金平糖15.30
四手14.80
言い足す16.69
仲を取り持つ15.63
着付け14.83
やってられない14.88
棒読み14.56
意気込む14.35

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