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
寄り合う35.98
住み着く34.41
胸を張る34.25
二様35.16
小綺麗35.21
花菖蒲36.55
いとも簡単に34.63
聞こえよがし35.58
漏斗34.81
邪魔者34.38
晩夏35.68
引き立て34.71
平ら34.49
固さ34.88
駆け回る34.25
33.31
淋しい34.72
重宝34.28
打算34.35
値する33.94
爪の先ほど35.86
先の話34.46
捺す35.52
見つけ出す34.21
初々しい34.71
後れ毛35.90
何としてでも34.41
女房34.38
色鮮やか34.66
治める33.81
無数33.32
等しい33.70
裏庭34.33
情勢34.08
気がすむ35.68
左遷34.47
村中34.88
真珠34.28
見て見ぬ振り35.08
ちょうど良い33.72
水瓶34.72
汁物34.44
蝶々結び35.98
農家34.22
蜘蛛の巣34.58
野獣34.51
34.14
泣き虫34.76
晴れ晴れ34.79
のせいで33.33
一生懸命33.84
目掛ける36.07
操り34.09
真っ暗闇34.83
とんとん34.84
34.18
高位33.64
両膝34.66
33.75
こき35.15
いきなり32.95
焦慮35.85
徒歩34.01
去年33.78
抱っこ34.11
しかめっ面34.69
夢心地35.34
食べ方34.49
ことから33.46
耳たぶ35.20
茶人36.09
突き返す35.02
悪化33.91
ざわめき33.95
御忍び35.99
はみ出る34.89
絶える34.05
溜め込む34.23
償い34.62
手後れ34.43
思う存分34.33
時の流れ34.75
賛成33.71
謳われる34.64
光栄33.87
髪の毛33.78
外皮34.73
33.78
34.50
生きた33.84
こそげる35.81
律儀34.18
期待通り34.86
当初33.47
谷間34.53
突き合わせ34.65
生温かい34.68
売り切れ34.77
折りたたむ34.73
34.04

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