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
これこそ34.17
繁盛34.52
足掻く34.16
陽だまり35.05
愕然33.94
しゃあない35.09
鉢巻35.16
背格好34.79
関所34.29
遠のく34.38
泣き虫34.76
心地いい34.65
ふんぞり返る34.49
走り出す33.62
漕ぐ34.45
すらり34.20
ちろちろ35.32
見逃す33.66
確保33.24
正真正銘34.26
滅する34.66
ほんまもん35.82
動き出す33.46
自らの手で34.66
呼吸33.43
良さ33.84
36.09
直後33.18
厚み34.28
膝掛け35.84
練り羊羹36.81
内緒33.91
何者33.64
話し相手34.52
鼻っぱし36.85
四人33.29
たし33.84
気が楽34.48
水干36.26
四神獣37.11
蝶々結び35.98
搗きたて35.72
33.41
忍び込む34.17
押し付け33.70
不愉快33.94
じんと35.30
聞き入る34.46
暫く33.56
月読み37.11
白状34.44
寝殿造り36.42
居着く35.11
陽炎34.53
切っての34.95
有名33.31
気圧される34.20
貸す33.91
宮女36.14
32.84
そうもない34.27
何方へ34.85
あたふた34.52
しゃぶる35.01
打つかり34.01
振り分け荷物36.51
所謂33.49
新緑34.94
宜しくお願いします34.49
食べっぷり35.05
もんですか35.07
前記36.08
覆われ33.82
五十日34.07
掘る33.59
小馬鹿34.66
言動33.64
気の毒34.08
高らか34.07
反らせる35.07
仲直り34.32
成功33.02
かき乱す34.71
息抜き34.42
騙す33.59
お方33.78
流石33.52
鬼のように35.23
度々33.93
利益33.54
香ばしい34.22
この間33.79
じゃった33.78
村民34.69
何事か33.83
行い33.43
身体中34.35
手を叩く34.64
横から33.75
鎮め34.69

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