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
35.78
頑丈33.66
ぬくぬく34.98
34.49
彩り34.63
いささか33.93
広さ33.71
同等33.83
ひと気35.38
陰り34.70
捺す35.52
せえ34.65
設ける34.21
蓄える34.35
良案35.46
夜明け34.16
察し33.45
改心34.72
口走る34.25
33.62
召し寄せる36.69
今のうち33.91
花々34.57
捨て置く34.55
境地34.59
口当たり34.97
どうせなら34.05
や否や34.06
火の海34.80
閻魔34.80
跳ね除ける34.71
ちゃいます34.08
のっけから35.47
33.53
新雪35.18
何日も34.36
その人33.51
ひとり言35.14
身罷る35.41
もんか34.03
楽府34.77
両膝34.66
宿す33.69
命婦34.80
ずい34.62
33.72
うちの人35.39
故意に34.74
度々33.93
愛称34.27
途方もない34.53
女房34.38
護符34.54
前記36.08
心苦しい34.22
笑わせる34.48
初日33.84
停める34.18
温度33.78
35.08
雪解け水35.53
広め34.19
失敗作34.58
突き返す35.02
揺さぶる34.09
初まり34.73
推測33.43
夜な夜な34.95
右腕33.47
疲労33.56
あっち33.48
一大事34.41
じんと35.30
至る33.38
矜持34.10
人肌35.04
守り33.46
出来事33.32
33.82
炊ける35.29
足掻く34.16
胸を張る34.25
うす34.95
目を細める34.10
器量良し36.06
小気味よい35.03
仲直り34.32
32.92
使いっ走り35.43
月読み37.11
教わる33.70
お預け34.51
往来34.30
目板33.85
じゃった33.78
姉御34.56
口ごもる34.37
しかめっ面34.69
荒れ狂う34.30
守護33.40

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