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
羨む34.54
34.18
寄越す33.88
33.68
涙目33.75
納め34.21
34.50
ぴいぴい36.01
電流34.48
流れ込む33.96
一周34.32
土台34.28
こっくり35.23
訳ではありません33.90
搗きたて35.72
真珠34.28
鼻っぱし36.85
虫の息34.91
降ろす33.99
見逃し33.99
平和33.39
終ぞ34.77
行い33.43
賜る34.15
引き立つ34.99
35.08
爪の先ほど35.86
つるつる34.85
手持ち33.96
まな板34.72
おける33.97
錯覚33.81
籠城34.33
目の色34.26
お休みなさい34.33
消沈35.11
ぶつくさ34.89
開所36.51
敷き詰める34.41
想像通り34.54
境地34.59
含み笑い34.71
ただ一つ34.05
くつくつ34.60
これ等33.57
所望34.44
それなり33.46
噴く34.23
お約束34.07
指摘33.38
釣殿36.72
替える34.63
実直34.63
もどかしい34.26
目板33.85
33.31
慈愛34.16
こいつ32.74
揉め事34.45
腹帯35.61
お手34.40
舌鼓34.62
気合い33.98
ほろ苦い35.07
通路33.23
見合う33.94
老体34.82
駆ける33.80
お目にかかる34.27
かなあ34.14
沁み入る36.20
独りきり35.63
だけでいい34.04
冷んやり34.32
お披露目34.09
四獣35.73
ぽとぽと36.08
幾つ34.07
35.39
鬼のように35.23
ちろちろ35.32
乗り気34.20
物欲しげ35.56
悠長34.24
かも32.76
33.72
隣り合わせ34.95
若女将35.84
水分34.04
引き出す33.93
黒髪33.39
捨て去る34.66
に当たり34.02
左遷34.47
いそいそ34.39
34.08
思いやる34.65
黙り34.28
お嬢さん33.84
天下34.30

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