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
一切33.13
明くる日35.27
心持ち34.44
重宝34.28
忍び込む34.17
荒れ狂う34.30
もてなす34.59
鳴子35.44
くつくつ34.60
乱33.85
緩やか33.90
転移32.83
甲高い33.95
汁物34.44
何ちゅう35.38
捨て去る34.66
搗きたて35.72
溜め込む34.23
でないと33.83
はにかむ34.26
疫病神35.10
伊和33.96
騙す33.59
鬱34.80
無33.31
籠城34.33
手解き35.16
申し訳程度34.81
失態34.00
ぱたり35.10
茶花36.81
ちょっぴり34.20
身構える34.07
寝過ごす35.12
べし35.07
姫32.82
溺愛34.31
雰囲気32.89
どろどろ34.81
自分の力34.06
串団子36.07
押しつぶす34.27
手渡す33.71
案の定33.83
と言っても33.05
あっての34.12
やり返す34.65
御免34.27
がぶり35.05
水汲み34.94
かも32.76
刺し33.79
血筋33.91
粘り気35.18
みみず35.96
遠退く35.91
土埃34.64
対照的33.99
不意打ち33.88
駆ける33.80
猛々しい34.78
竦める33.81
利かん気37.05
限界33.15
口付け34.38
酌み交わす34.79
それなのに33.56
仕入れる34.21
肩を並べる34.96
推測33.43
傷手34.57
咎め34.14
口に含む34.69
突き返す35.02
天の川35.39
抱っこ34.11
思う存分34.33
両親33.20
お嬢さん33.84
火種34.29
まくし立てる34.54
元い34.01
二様35.16
乾く34.24
綿毛35.02
思い残す35.11
飛び付く34.87
十四日35.14
ちっぽけ34.46
戦い32.55
それどころか33.58
物好き34.49
黄色33.89
見合う33.94
遠のく34.38
印象33.24
取っ組み合い34.95
捨て置く34.55
力尽きる34.29
だもの33.76

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