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
恥ずい15.47
急死15.16
留守を預かる15.62
塗す15.65
焦げ臭い15.10
一転14.05
防ぎ13.96
おろし立て15.95
何時ぞや14.53
左肩14.31
薄々14.22
女の子12.92
登坂15.66
火をつける14.79
風の便り15.95
選り好み15.23
自分なり14.49
低層14.03
寝違える16.08
練り合わせる15.74
方がいい13.16
外良16.19
染め物15.70
黄色い声14.79
罵声14.30
速め15.04
高山14.86
一目散に14.38
びっくりした13.91
暇がない14.97
シャボン玉14.95
念仏15.24
一張羅15.23
勿15.02
気にするな13.91
気がつく13.38
真似る14.55
殺し12.99
数滴15.30
太股14.83
丸み14.86
慈悲心16.24
焔14.06
策略14.41
一足先14.46
屈する14.46
性に合う15.97
凝る14.54
常勤15.80
活き活き14.78
手付かず14.89
百聞15.75
疎む14.44
尤も13.90
殺気13.54
何だかんだ13.70
か月14.12
ように言う13.91
びっしょり15.04
何やかんや14.67
ぷりぷり14.88
嫉妬深い15.11
へばる14.84
直る14.38
ろ紙15.34
ン13.43
満足気14.39
悲愴15.18
食いつなぐ15.34
石伏魚15.56
巻き取る15.61
利己14.09
後退13.67
おしまい14.09
辨え17.59
酪農家16.02
生き血15.19
身の回り14.37
口を入れる17.05
少しも14.15
投げ荷15.12
本腰14.84
獲得13.78
言いぐさ15.27
掃討作戦15.55
隣同士15.00
木の下14.78
くり抜く14.77
真意14.00
この上ない14.14
写経15.85
幾世14.37
ぴりり15.48
今生14.71
美少年14.35
食べごろ15.69
おちょくる14.80
社殿15.84
鼻っ柱15.19
尊敬13.63

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