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
貴賓室14.69
丹塗16.89
金魚の糞15.68
差し伸べる14.08
がや15.03
一役14.76
蘇る13.85
同い年14.14
仮説14.14
公の場14.56
掟14.22
お任せ13.86
半切り16.99
ぐるりと14.00
光り物15.64
瓦14.70
寝耳に水14.93
びっくらこいた16.39
火起し17.29
ひと息14.95
平伏14.85
おみや15.42
途絶え14.56
目に入る14.32
人懐こい15.24
国境13.58
お部屋14.13
失せる14.31
黄緑色14.95
壮15.41
祝儀15.13
物腰14.42
臆病14.17
仰せ付ける16.69
暗14.59
お陰様で14.82
単位13.69
時雨れる17.59
昨日の今日14.63
鷲掴み14.36
なんざ14.10
びっしり14.44
大当たり14.77
内奏17.59
絶え間無く16.07
弥次16.12
震え声15.13
厚い壁15.80
青色14.02
斧13.41
屈する14.46
生ぬるい14.64
笑む14.57
全13.31
不安気15.05
働き詰め15.39
彼岸15.10
目が飛び出る15.70
黒子14.87
放牧15.03
浅瀬14.63
まる一年16.66
深傷16.22
何人たりとも15.20
無病息災15.77
加工13.58
布切れ14.93
供え15.10
歴代14.13
揺らぎ14.28
単語13.67
馬体15.20
一足先14.46
打ち付ける14.13
先を急ぐ14.85
血液13.95
甲斐性14.78
呉服屋15.73
厄除16.99
街道筋15.68
臆する14.57
絶大14.02
長い間14.02
火付け15.45
シワ14.50
傷跡14.26
染る15.63
どっぷり14.98
草むら14.45
ねばねば15.70
身じろぐ15.37
豪傑15.04
最高潮14.64
時代の流れ15.26
小枝14.76
弱気14.34
憩いの場15.16
薄笑い14.96
粃16.31
伸びをする14.75

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