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
一頻り34.93
土埃34.64
ううむ34.32
張り詰める34.21
三度34.06
盛ん34.40
利益33.54
呆け34.01
碁盤35.70
道のり34.16
信用33.34
御忍び35.99
遅れる33.60
渋み34.99
髪の毛33.78
盗賊33.10
もういい33.73
波打つ34.35
挽く34.81
交易33.82
子なし33.78
直前33.52
実直34.63
目を覚ます34.11
単34.94
夜長35.81
鎮まる34.87
よじ登る34.47
船32.84
遺言34.47
こいつ32.74
重宝34.28
意味がある33.88
計らい34.78
突き返す35.02
雰囲気32.89
高値34.28
燻す35.20
もやもや34.43
逃亡33.96
進み出る33.96
柔34.61
登場33.44
夜明け34.16
仕方33.31
思う存分34.33
仕入れる34.21
産婆34.96
固さ34.88
蔑む34.22
茶花36.81
温い34.26
生活32.93
敢えて33.31
手にとる35.54
器量良し36.06
女房34.38
花見34.83
肉球34.57
以降33.32
一点張り34.98
開所36.51
具合33.52
憧れる33.97
潜む33.68
おこがましい34.55
身重34.96
狂う33.61
目掛ける36.07
藤袴36.66
尚のこと34.57
会議33.27
松の木35.28
老体34.82
良かったら33.96
おめでとう33.91
冷んやり34.32
通り過ぎる33.65
ひとり言35.14
花々34.57
擦れる34.56
敬語33.93
と思ったら33.50
次第33.34
立てかける34.52
代償33.85
寄せ合う35.58
ふくらし粉36.23
憎き34.73
人間らしい34.40
超える33.25
持ち込む33.57
足を向ける34.68
すやすや34.61
遭難33.37
売り切れ34.77
無数33.32
見逃す33.66
ことから33.46
泡立つ34.93

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