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
趣向を変えて15.80
成形14.84
剥く13.80
コクがある16.04
少数13.90
跳ねのける15.33
若き日15.11
かき餅16.35
満ち溢れる15.40
銚釐15.29
やるせない14.65
負かす14.51
泣きわめく14.99
任命14.19
確執14.59
瓜二つ14.70
善くぞ14.24
わあわあ15.53
明らかになる14.82
混じり合う15.53
片栗粉15.22
落差14.75
茶道14.86
喙14.91
まともに13.42
心がまえ16.11
喃々13.84
手勢14.51
捷い14.99
厚かましい14.83
蓋つき16.11
板長16.34
とは限らない13.88
新妻15.03
恩人14.10
怖い顔14.38
崖縁16.61
創始者15.21
保障14.19
分かりきった14.80
媚14.87
仰せ付ける16.69
太い腕14.80
すき間15.22
茶道口17.59
波及14.93
出鼻14.87
挙げられる14.33
ちーん15.75
聞き捨てる14.96
こびり付く14.89
召し使う17.59
施策14.98
財政14.48
悲し気15.34
気まま14.78
一味違う15.16
あのね13.94
しんと14.58
顔合わせ14.25
思いのまま14.82
拗る14.89
口裏合わせ15.61
俺達12.62
品々14.42
思うように14.09
行ってくる13.79
手に入る13.80
学位15.34
勤労15.53
権利13.65
何処となく13.87
味つけ15.43
恥じ入る14.85
啓く15.34
冷厳15.49
落下13.51
六尺15.60
飯粒16.46
相手取る14.33
口実14.26
うら若い14.99
奴さん15.18
御重16.36
貝14.21
思考13.07
残骸13.91
試しに13.89
馬鹿らしい14.34
領する15.88
翌年14.91
自家製15.01
遠まわし14.95
擦り付ける14.38
日東17.19
掻きむしる14.83
縁がある14.90
ねばねば15.70
熱さ14.35
降り出す14.92

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