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
跡形もなく34.46
陶器34.36
御目付け役36.13
手を伸ばす33.83
犠牲者34.13
足掻く34.16
視線を落とす34.58
目付35.32
接続る34.21
波立つ35.07
で候33.44
同等33.83
鍛え上げる34.19
34.50
跳ね返す34.42
落馬34.67
二種34.97
香ばしい34.22
替わる34.67
一度だけ33.95
日の出34.54
穏和35.45
意外33.21
休め34.11
甲高い33.95
朝日34.14
訳す34.78
隙間風35.26
試煉34.50
戸板34.05
祭る34.90
コンコン34.39
果物33.70
月読35.26
生き生き34.55
合わさる34.14
私ども34.29
34.08
奉公先35.74
32.84
難所34.90
手繦35.57
子どもたち34.07
両膝34.66
晴れ晴れ34.79
鳴子35.44
生き埋め34.89
ぺこり34.22
気がすむ35.68
祈り33.60
礼拝34.76
木板34.45
空腹34.02
少女32.57
35.06
揉め事34.45
真っ暗闇34.83
要は33.72
厳めしい34.99
仏様35.07
不快感34.17
済まなそう34.88
寝顔34.22
宴会場34.94
蓄える34.35
潜む33.68
故意に34.74
改心34.72
いい気34.72
無理矢理33.64
膝掛け35.84
何者33.64
投げ込む34.33
がな33.14
踏ん張る34.28
訊ね34.21
様変わり34.73
盗る34.33
在るべき34.36
広さ33.71
探しに33.93
どよめく34.68
有名33.31
ぐっと33.80
会議33.27
みみず35.96
33.94
伝う33.97
案外33.68
小綺麗35.21
走り出す33.62
という位34.27
同意33.33
顔負け34.75
甘辛い35.07
下賜34.55
悩ます34.50
四肢33.99
居眠り34.62
蚰蜒36.59

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