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
萌葱16.61
嗅ぎつける14.78
北側14.14
働き詰め15.39
償う14.34
厄病神16.42
首をかしげる14.19
へなちょこ15.66
義理立て15.30
臥せる15.01
楽天的15.34
斜眼14.48
菎蒻15.15
買い物13.57
全っ然15.44
無縁14.13
御用14.33
紡ぎ14.56
供進16.75
喰う13.59
主菓子16.99
茶筒16.23
赤褐色15.05
練り上げる14.43
等差15.89
神託13.96
素肌14.69
四日13.94
知らぬまに16.39
おおよそ13.85
土俵14.55
勿体ぶる14.79
背徳14.98
例え13.46
ご用14.60
揉め14.21
労役15.16
何か月も15.63
形容14.29
難病15.29
泥塗れ15.88
具合が悪い14.81
冴え冴え15.93
水をやる15.87
だけど12.44
13.95
世話になる14.74
御出で16.03
いか程15.03
所有権14.51
堅気15.05
刮目15.19
うねる14.56
いけず15.13
一寸先15.53
戒飭17.29
不老不死14.50
もう一声15.53
手渡し14.10
観る14.56
戦き15.90
雨雲14.79
シャボン玉14.95
目鼻15.30
ひたひた15.19
渡韓15.23
室内13.51
命に関わる14.66
めきめき15.11
年間13.72
茶さじ16.75
奉公14.79
携わる14.24
満足気14.39
滝つぼ15.86
寝巻き14.95
先んじる14.32
そうもありません15.53
薄ら14.39
火をつける14.79
カラス14.16
階級13.80
頑張り屋15.02
13.91
赤黒い14.08
喋喋喃喃16.72
巻き物16.10
捲る13.89
見る影もない15.07
宝物14.15
音頭14.79
地震14.17
少ししたら15.19
閻魔大王16.02
あっという間14.47
ばきっと14.55
とどめを刺す14.88
水銀中毒16.51
赤茶色14.91
書院造り17.11

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