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
同意33.33
苦汁35.48
孵る34.83
小首34.02
嫁に行く35.16
手に渡る35.28
透ける34.13
これこそ34.17
称す33.92
晴れ晴れ34.79
説法35.10
会議33.27
奔騰34.45
恵む34.96
陽だまり35.05
枷34.21
言い逃れ34.63
青年33.20
住み着く34.41
ご褒美34.04
入れ替える34.40
寛い34.42
大罪34.22
送り出し34.49
進み出る33.96
心地いい34.65
吸い込み34.59
行き止まり34.36
霊33.53
守り33.46
名礼33.69
踊り33.82
ぺ33.41
利益33.54
可視35.61
から傘35.16
泣かす34.60
食いしばる34.17
恋い焦がれる35.23
寝ぼけ眼34.89
丈余36.94
大抵33.58
程遠い34.19
五十日34.07
恋敵34.72
駒33.90
出向く33.83
月読み37.11
踏ん張る34.28
であるからして34.79
口内34.37
騙す33.59
巡り34.05
捨て置く34.55
舌鼓34.62
仕切る34.15
ふさふさ34.78
死に別れる35.26
浄め35.80
蜘蛛の巣34.58
儀式33.40
同化34.15
敷地34.06
含み笑い34.71
丸まる34.42
鼻っぱし36.85
上向く35.12
泡立つ34.93
手渡す33.71
降り立つ34.08
突き合わせ34.65
ただ飯35.58
大口34.22
色鮮やか34.66
ほろ苦い35.07
淋しい34.72
門徒35.12
登場33.44
押しつぶす34.27
破顔34.45
がり34.31
高位33.64
ぶつくさ34.89
ぎゅう詰め36.48
生きた33.84
鎬35.47
何ら33.85
自制34.56
という位34.27
盛ん34.40
小さい頃34.07
不死33.80
感慨34.16
変に33.93
すやすや34.61
門前34.54
良く32.94
山盛り34.61
祟り34.92
皆が皆34.63

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