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
いささか33.93
帝33.41
出来事33.32
異質34.11
かも32.76
同化34.15
良く32.94
大抵33.58
塒34.50
芦毛36.07
責任33.30
固さ34.88
おめでとう33.91
荒れ狂う34.30
憎き34.73
問わず34.02
蒸し返す34.83
徒歩34.01
擦り寄る34.59
と思ったら33.50
足を向ける34.68
嗄れる34.58
真珠34.28
手渡す33.71
馬鹿に33.68
除夜36.75
名礼33.69
流れ出る34.37
段取り34.33
遠退く35.91
産婆34.96
すらり34.20
息抜き34.42
指し示す33.98
がな33.14
見て見ぬ振り35.08
着替える33.85
電流34.48
謳われる34.64
ぼったくり35.06
寝過ごす35.12
会議33.27
冴える35.04
しゃあない35.09
軍師34.02
射す34.80
血の気34.13
賊33.73
何時しか34.04
分かれ33.55
よじ登る34.47
賛成33.71
住み着く34.41
配分34.47
護り34.39
引っかけ34.59
替える34.63
それなり33.46
器量良し36.06
飛び33.52
傷手34.57
相談33.14
木の実34.22
不意打ち33.88
盗賊33.10
打算34.35
のっけから35.47
医術34.75
さし34.65
怜悧34.78
今か今か34.62
四人33.29
押し付け33.70
いとも簡単に34.63
叱34.08
温い34.26
変に33.93
一人でに34.92
籠城34.33
喪失感34.68
生きた33.84
宿る33.56
大違い34.43
熱風34.67
直後33.18
小馬鹿34.66
お連れ34.27
あいつ32.86
所作34.22
合わさる34.14
乗り気34.20
臣下33.94
村中34.88
射翳34.69
誤解33.50
たし33.84
上澄み35.17
群がる34.06
足す34.25
正真正銘34.26

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