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
刺々しい34.70
次第33.34
説法35.10
突っぱねる34.64
恩恵33.87
もがき34.75
十五日34.93
命婦34.80
くつくつ34.60
意味がある33.88
逆立つ34.61
淋しい34.72
無数33.32
在るべき34.36
通い34.32
把握33.17
伊和33.96
貌34.07
出掛ける34.10
賊33.73
癒える34.31
ちょうど良い33.72
いとも簡単に34.63
どこにもない34.31
陽だまり35.05
整う33.66
湯上り35.43
手放す33.83
忍び34.36
ちゃうか34.58
子どもたち34.07
言わば34.46
期待通り34.86
人口33.85
拷問33.89
四本34.21
雪山34.55
摸する33.34
紫色33.86
匂いがする34.18
良く32.94
接続る34.21
手際よく34.58
に対し33.21
生温かい34.68
完璧33.31
引き締める34.21
柔34.61
こっぱ微塵36.81
ご法度35.08
言葉にする34.43
広め34.19
お方33.78
と言うと33.52
極まりない33.97
察し33.45
名誉33.70
その場しのぎ35.18
狛犬35.26
年越し34.81
乞う34.46
温情34.58
遣わす34.65
収める33.79
痒い34.59
進み出る33.96
案の定33.83
言動33.64
送り出し34.49
星夜34.35
肉球34.57
行事34.17
甲高い33.95
寝過ごす35.12
小鉢35.18
爪の先ほど35.86
憧れる33.97
夜長35.81
経緯33.65
戦う32.55
顔負け34.75
横から33.75
儀式33.40
繁盛34.52
身体中34.35
生活32.93
丑三つ36.75
瞬時33.67
ばたばた34.64
卑屈34.54
大して33.81
真っ黒い34.89
代償33.85
冷淡34.63
燻す35.20
断れない34.57
だもの33.76
類33.25
恋敵34.72
お金33.09

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