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
衰える34.45
訊ね34.21
大人33.10
どよめく34.68
蜘蛛の巣34.58
瓣36.61
挙げる33.85
如何せん34.28
意地でも34.72
不浄34.75
その実34.43
組み立てる34.62
魅力33.70
らしさ34.42
通い34.32
代り34.44
十四日35.14
送り出し34.49
二つ目34.11
落馬34.67
進み出る33.96
忠誠33.94
強まる34.38
爪の先ほど35.86
以降33.32
崩れ落ちる33.64
心の準備34.45
計る34.20
輩33.75
筋書き34.67
程遠い34.19
使いっ走り35.43
ぼうと35.86
系32.92
無33.31
失脚34.58
渋み34.99
自分の力34.06
どこにもない34.31
名誉33.70
くるみ油37.11
振り分け荷物36.51
値する33.94
たし33.84
復唱34.64
治める33.81
慎重33.46
じゃ無いか32.84
身重34.96
青33.29
松の木35.28
手に渡る35.28
通ずる34.83
高らか34.07
頭を抱える34.29
よーし34.14
狛犬35.26
お湯33.74
核33.41
仕方33.31
構いません33.56
こと切れる35.47
失礼しました34.18
巻き込む33.17
正路37.05
何処でも34.08
小気味よい35.03
成功33.02
運33.55
処女34.38
変に33.93
終ぞ34.77
駆け回る34.25
揺さぶる34.09
沼34.12
寝顔34.22
守護33.40
良さ33.84
もんですか35.07
一日中34.33
身支度34.30
数々33.63
代える34.63
身体中34.35
醒ます35.06
大罪34.22
試煉34.50
目先34.56
かき消す34.23
沓36.09
押し付け33.70
きめ細やか35.36
汁物34.44
書院34.85
宣う34.68
に当たり34.02
蚰蜒36.59
乱33.85
それどころか33.58
ご馳走さん35.58

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