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
治癒13.20
元通り14.17
気負う14.57
どこを取っても15.82
玉眼17.59
堕落14.48
成り下がる14.69
在るがまま15.03
目がいく15.59
八雲14.27
一天14.34
ってば13.84
一環14.08
心行くまで15.33
口の軽い15.71
村じゅう16.39
無理を言う15.38
何かあったの13.93
渡り合う14.62
どこからとも無く14.23
障子紙16.02
流線15.38
大いに13.63
手段13.10
気兼ね14.48
青色14.02
一捻り15.64
臆病14.17
放す14.09
元嫁16.04
むむ14.35
手短14.51
御覧なさい15.41
ビックリ14.14
引っ越す14.68
素行14.71
昨春16.99
14.83
綺羅14.04
痛痒い16.55
追手14.48
手縫い15.60
人並み14.52
言いつけ14.31
14.76
夏蜜柑16.66
宣言13.25
躾け14.98
徹夜14.24
命に関わる14.66
寝とる16.01
酪農家16.02
緊褌16.94
代表13.41
お段15.94
糖分14.87
過酷14.02
保存13.86
どっさり14.92
煮付ける14.53
音沙汰14.95
偏見14.33
こっから14.55
じたばた14.74
うら寂しい16.22
救助隊15.27
始めは14.69
造営15.47
15.30
にべもない15.32
そうじゃなくて14.17
15.29
身を寄せ合う15.45
据え置く15.50
薄目15.01
注連飾り17.59
動向14.00
棒状14.88
再婚14.59
忌むべき14.75
賭場14.77
たげる13.92
勢家13.43
不器用14.12
関係性14.19
言外14.31
詰めこむ15.57
彫り14.94
胸をなで下ろす15.41
恨み言14.66
英雄13.16
都内14.40
白亜14.56
悪人14.19
席につく14.95
ってね14.21
帳代13.86
お嬢様13.17
13.85
綺麗さっぱり14.75

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