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
木綿35.00
巡らす34.57
出掛ける34.10
木の実34.22
がち33.87
十二分34.39
舞い上がる33.92
駆ける33.80
宴会場34.94
恩恵33.87
星夜34.35
戸板34.05
ざら35.04
刺々しい34.70
山盛り34.61
遠巻き34.12
不意に33.38
肩幅34.80
擦れる34.56
跳ね返す34.42
咎め34.14
見向きもしない34.97
かなあ34.14
補う33.95
夜明け34.16
小気味よい35.03
何時しか34.04
噴く34.23
傘下34.38
媚びる34.73
静々34.75
三度34.06
しなやか34.30
碁盤35.70
育ち34.01
治める33.81
輩33.75
じんと35.30
緩やか33.90
みみず35.96
済まなそう34.88
てよ33.40
はみ出る34.89
教典35.32
憂鬱34.20
通り過ぎる33.65
ちゃいます34.08
若女将35.84
腑抜け34.89
沁々36.78
お願いいたします34.16
あっ晴れ35.26
に連れ33.76
厩34.75
癖のある34.66
衰弱34.43
不愉快33.94
自らの手で34.66
摸する33.34
飛び33.52
注連縄35.73
ぼうと35.86
絶える34.05
送り出し34.49
連れてくる34.20
一歩手前34.48
波打つ34.35
二人分34.38
ぴんぴん35.32
木板34.45
揺する34.36
もんか34.03
由縁35.25
襟巻き35.16
ぴいぴい36.01
香ばしい34.22
うたた寝35.16
探しに33.93
そこから33.10
涙目33.75
古くから34.34
夢心地35.34
印象33.24
蚊帳の外34.69
稼げる33.86
遊び心35.00
有名33.31
折りたたむ34.73
切れ手34.11
こと切れる35.47
切っての34.95
一個33.78
踏ん張る34.28
村民34.69
ふくらし粉36.23
だもの33.76
平ら34.49
もんですか35.07
錯覚33.81
丑三つ36.75

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