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
真っ暗闇34.83
紫色33.86
甘やかす34.01
立ちこめる34.89
牧場34.17
楽府34.77
伝統34.15
休め34.11
点々34.80
クチナシ35.73
二つ目34.11
おける33.97
気丈34.44
電流34.48
蜘蛛の巣34.58
断れない34.57
久方ぶり34.44
疲れる33.75
吸い込み34.59
染み渡る34.73
一周34.32
延び34.67
小さい頃34.07
何処でも34.08
今か今か34.62
哀愁34.75
選り分ける35.28
衰弱34.43
心の拠り所35.16
出廷36.17
毎夕36.57
ざわめき33.95
初々しい34.71
お越し34.30
一点張り34.98
手あか36.04
とろり34.86
出逢い35.08
竦める33.81
ふんふん34.53
好物34.32
言わば34.46
経緯33.65
遊び33.37
望ましい34.19
舞33.88
冊34.22
ふさふさ34.78
反対側33.76
喚く33.96
故意に34.74
高らか34.07
張り詰める34.21
木板34.45
納得がいく34.60
人間らしい34.40
漉す35.53
人肌35.04
損33.84
はん34.28
真っ白い34.62
みたいです33.46
すたすた34.52
不快感34.17
ぺ33.41
その場しのぎ35.18
静けさ34.37
果物33.70
命婦34.80
指示32.98
一士35.26
に対し33.21
高熱34.31
登場33.44
恋い焦がれる35.23
翌日33.38
思い描く34.23
渋み34.99
籠城34.33
気が楽34.48
うわあ34.03
押し付け33.70
くつくつ34.60
土埃34.64
秋口35.47
クビ34.57
前記36.08
拷問33.89
儀式33.40
何かと33.80
守り33.46
足掻く34.16
沓36.09
それどころか33.58
どうもこうも34.92
対照的33.99
散打33.67
爪の先ほど35.86
貸す33.91
いそいそ34.39

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