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
焦慮35.85
日没34.63
奉公先35.74
女房34.38
四神獣37.11
ふむふむ34.19
引き出す33.93
打算34.35
持ち込む33.57
会議33.27
ぽとぽと36.08
抱き合う34.27
うたた寝35.16
盗る34.33
制す33.93
貸す33.91
しなやか34.30
ひとり言35.14
物申す34.90
腹立たしい34.19
漏斗34.81
蝿35.06
至る33.38
下記34.02
鼻っぱし36.85
枷34.21
無理はない34.01
水芹34.63
系32.92
終ぞ34.77
歯切れ34.85
軍師34.02
嘲る34.51
四獣35.73
処々34.14
重たげ36.02
老体34.82
そうもない34.27
朝日34.14
一手に34.59
治める33.81
一日中34.33
数々33.63
宮女36.14
振りかける35.00
良さ33.84
陽炎34.53
轟々36.05
てえ34.38
何もかも33.55
取っ組み合い34.95
牢獄34.23
神の手35.27
でないと33.83
暇つぶし34.34
食べ応え35.35
浸透34.11
等しい33.70
花々34.57
主従34.37
視線を落とす34.58
案の定33.83
可能32.85
沁み入る36.20
不浄34.75
もんか34.03
屑34.22
小荷物36.29
蓄える34.35
爪の先ほど35.86
見抜く33.76
畳縁37.11
籠城34.33
仲睦まじい34.75
難所34.90
死に別れる35.26
強引33.42
告白33.52
遅れる33.60
細やか33.95
厩34.75
燻す35.20
引き立つ34.99
見向きもしない34.97
天然33.94
若女将35.84
以降33.32
朝露35.08
遠退く35.91
微量34.68
虫の息34.91
滞る34.49
裸足34.63
子どもたち34.07
巻き込む33.17
荒れ狂う34.30
事件33.20
クチナシ35.73
とされる33.76
去年33.78

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