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
天然33.94
さし34.65
柳眉35.09
授ける33.93
命婦34.80
虫の息34.91
良く32.94
媚びる34.73
登場33.44
物欲しげ35.56
悪意33.67
固さ34.88
一周34.32
守り33.46
往来34.30
昼日中35.61
数々33.63
生温かい34.68
亡命34.50
盛ん34.40
手際よく34.58
興奮33.38
断れない34.57
木陰34.37
新緑34.94
立てかける34.52
引き下がる34.06
謝意34.90
香ばしい34.22
お金33.09
ちっぽけ34.46
沁み入る36.20
膨らます34.97
注連縄35.73
湯浴み34.69
納め34.21
苛烈34.03
機33.04
揺さぶる34.09
吹き出し34.17
ほうじ茶35.25
気にする33.51
隔離34.14
自制34.56
胸が痛む34.99
孵る34.83
同化34.15
月読35.26
ふざける33.70
見透し36.26
悩ます34.50
門徒35.12
運33.55
牢獄34.23
処々34.14
絶望的33.94
おこがましい34.55
駆け回る34.25
蒸し返す34.83
溺愛34.31
突っこむ34.63
消滅33.49
駆け込む34.16
呼吸33.43
過34.56
火種34.29
振りかける35.00
その場しのぎ35.18
繁盛34.52
村民34.69
沁々36.78
大人33.10
望ましい34.19
両脇34.12
妬む34.65
分かれ33.55
壮麗34.90
野獣34.51
ぼうと35.86
使いっ走り35.43
吸い込み34.59
ふやかす35.54
何もかも33.55
敢えて33.31
層33.29
不愉快33.94
比べものにならない34.49
四獣35.73
含まれる34.20
容れる34.82
軍師34.02
思い描く34.23
畳縁37.11
蜘蛛の巣34.58
傘下34.38
消沈35.11
大方34.11
横から33.75
度々33.93
犠牲者34.13

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