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
お茶汲み15.91
矢羽根15.54
伝染す15.58
五本の指に入る15.40
潜り込む13.89
いかる15.13
肩身15.03
格上げ15.30
料亭15.01
方位14.91
水をやる15.87
引き摺る14.33
連枝15.80
ランキング14.04
掃討作戦15.55
ひと舐め15.98
道着15.16
何とでも14.38
お姉さん13.31
騒動13.55
衝立14.75
光り物15.64
如何なる13.97
人聞きの悪い14.84
モツ15.17
落ち葉14.71
子種15.17
移動12.67
三途の川15.59
独裁14.94
拘る14.18
ちっ13.66
たるや14.59
絶世14.80
強き14.53
火付け役16.37
違背17.29
薄化粧15.60
創り上げる15.75
鳴り渡る15.81
そっか13.38
言葉がみつからない16.75
お届け14.64
膝を崩す16.89
心の内14.49
出鼻14.87
余す14.93
泣ける14.49
白菊15.39
と言えども14.07
澄明16.12
夜通し14.72
地に落ちる15.02
到来14.45
是非とも13.92
コツ14.11
腑抜ける16.45
丸くなって14.65
崖縁16.61
目も当てられない14.61
喧伝14.61
きめ細か15.90
雷鳴14.32
組み立て14.30
浮ぶ15.05
かさかさ15.48
昂揚感15.60
忽15.04
見目14.55
たけり狂う17.29
粒状15.89
資15.53
脇道14.73
期間13.58
取り込み14.43
肉塊14.28
心がまえ16.11
壮観14.62
馬鹿にする14.43
運び出す14.41
村長13.44
寝とる16.01
泊り14.79
啄木鳥14.78
言い足す16.69
仕付け17.05
紛らわす14.85
寝正月16.43
ゆったり13.87
天ぷら14.48
法螺吹き16.36
伝言13.97
とは限らない13.88
雨露15.67
多すぎる14.09
手間暇14.92
恐れ多い14.58
木偶14.99
物陰14.28
ある程度13.05

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