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
博打14.52
あな14.32
見詰めなおす17.11
望みどおり15.34
改革案15.99
僣用15.70
ザラ14.99
徳化15.56
生花15.42
笑い飛ばす14.45
決まり文句15.50
火が点く16.06
はるか遠く15.30
軽口14.05
柔肌15.05
尻叩き15.83
澄み切る15.53
雷雲14.98
がっしり14.26
絡ませる15.05
草木14.26
国宝14.56
花模様15.61
お椀14.89
大怪我14.19
人懐っこい14.53
輪っか14.70
賀宴15.10
にやっ13.86
ぽたり14.95
血色14.61
ぐるりと14.00
置いて行く14.87
意味するもの15.27
敵意13.67
機嫌を損ねる14.85
拓く14.66
吹きこぼれる15.97
死んだも同然15.57
相まって14.02
お願い事15.30
膿み15.89
近づける13.66
日保ち16.23
気休めに15.08
揉める14.27
萌黄色15.81
初めは13.67
手鼻16.89
加算13.61
散財14.83
詐欺14.20
借地16.28
御用14.33
七時14.87
日にち14.87
手に余る14.73
切り離す14.08
礼を尽くす15.53
幽か13.93
残像14.43
もう少しで14.13
うわ13.47
可哀そうに14.57
どーして15.22
几下15.34
手拍子15.18
ぺろん16.75
何処にでも14.30
寝汗15.36
堅い14.07
たくる15.69
ほんの一握り15.12
謙る15.18
田舎者14.65
ころんころん16.31
表立って14.41
支障をきたす15.01
ざあざあ16.15
とんでも14.09
手探り14.60
吉13.85
元気いっぱい14.58
寝れる14.95
返済14.46
安々14.70
不忠15.59
中毒14.64
世話役14.60
残り香14.92
幔幕16.14
重んじる14.36
杜撰14.87
心もとない14.64
横向く16.99
取り逃がす14.67
鳥屋15.09
振舞う14.18
誘発14.73
一場面15.43

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