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
富む14.22
猿芝居15.80
幽か13.93
虫の音15.31
耳鳴り14.75
百聞は一見に如かず15.64
流線15.38
舌つき17.59
言外14.31
重労働14.66
命を削る15.40
昨日今日14.95
がらがら声16.69
上回る13.67
さんざめく16.02
計量15.38
目に入る14.32
居心地の良い15.31
茶筒16.23
12.92
口論14.41
火事14.29
こびり付く14.89
先先代16.02
値段13.46
二等分15.87
とあって14.17
誤字13.82
膨れる14.58
案件13.94
踏み場15.45
個人店16.30
若気る15.34
逢いびき17.59
参考13.77
銭勘定15.96
琉璃14.22
汚いやり方16.34
冴え渡る15.09
ぬかるむ14.89
ぶるるん16.42
足が竦む15.72
小っさい15.28
再起14.94
婚姻関係15.11
頭巾14.53
十二単15.76
彫刻14.31
ぼろ雑巾15.70
川幅15.11
馴染み深い14.99
彼女ら13.85
粉塵14.56
曲げる14.20
出払う14.80
人を食った15.32
音沙汰14.95
13.56
飯粒16.46
練り合わせる15.74
歯肉15.54
隈なく14.65
14.76
欲目15.45
土俵14.55
地に落ちる15.02
誠にありがとうございます14.77
位相14.30
初孫15.35
激怒14.16
良さげ14.95
おいて13.53
肌寒い14.57
ちらつく14.51
ガラス13.67
光波14.46
言い終える14.84
打ち込む13.87
逢魔が時15.79
用命15.45
さながら14.03
漁る14.16
金襴16.55
存じ上げる14.66
得手に帆を揚げる17.59
透明13.71
切り落とし14.51
しわを寄せる15.23
無くちゃ14.97
流される14.36
ぱったり15.31
決め手14.54
異父15.84
渦中14.63
馴染14.84
それ相応14.25
だる14.83
頓智15.73
立ち合う15.18
手練れ14.64

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