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
33.80
摸する33.34
収める33.79
いささか33.93
晩夏35.68
探り34.11
打つかり34.01
からって33.70
33.57
寝顔34.22
翌日33.38
踊り33.82
鎮める34.54
燻す35.20
丈余36.94
望ましい34.19
34.94
名誉33.70
登場33.44
持てる33.58
少女32.57
こと切れる35.47
食み35.21
付いてる33.92
段取り34.33
癒える34.31
物足りない34.14
与太話34.98
境地34.59
恥じらい34.68
甘辛い35.07
日没34.63
妖力35.11
次第33.34
卑屈34.54
四本34.21
日中34.16
経緯33.65
進み出る33.96
藪入り36.81
36.61
笑わせる34.48
更なる33.63
接吻34.81
椅子33.07
難所34.90
煮物34.27
単価34.91
張り詰める34.21
まくし立てる34.54
為ん方ない37.11
文書34.29
開眼35.13
利かん気37.05
尊い34.27
絶やす34.46
据わる34.36
花菖蒲36.55
まな板34.72
33.04
持ち合わせ33.93
人差し指33.82
一頻り34.93
死に別れる35.26
押さえ込み35.06
34.67
あけましておめでとうございます34.86
暫く33.56
もんですか35.07
賜る34.15
木の実34.22
かき消す34.23
くるみ油37.11
失礼しました34.18
ばさばさ35.32
泣かす34.60
絶賛34.22
神霊34.26
五芒星35.02
延び34.67
引き込む34.12
跳ね返す34.42
おける33.97
筈がない33.40
蔑む34.22
子なし33.78
手にとる35.54
ぱたり35.10
比べものにならない34.49
駆ける33.80
古武士34.79
閻魔34.80
お腹いっぱい34.49
寸でのところで35.17
流れ出る34.37
押し付け33.70
抑え込む34.17
目付35.32
行く末34.25
ぎゅう詰め36.48

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