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
33.14
腹立たしい34.19
果物33.70
目を細める34.10
仕丁33.25
途方もない34.53
便り34.55
幾つ34.07
じゃ無いか32.84
もういい33.73
口走る34.25
沈め34.17
祖先34.52
言い逃れ34.63
鳴子35.44
34.18
謂れ33.88
月読35.26
寄り合う35.98
ばさばさ35.32
接続る34.21
組み立てる34.62
好物34.32
炊ける35.29
ほんで35.25
教典35.32
寄せ合う35.58
ほほほ34.74
転移32.83
長居34.34
引き締める34.21
値する33.94
未熟者34.80
慈愛34.16
不浄34.75
期待通り34.86
クビ34.57
べし35.07
渡海34.81
下賜34.55
内野34.95
遣わす34.65
花見34.83
組み33.74
上澄み35.17
どの道33.98
にやにや34.25
34.20
完成33.20
たげ34.39
白肌35.80
古武士34.79
尚且つ33.83
恋敵34.72
34.22
32.82
唸り34.08
吹き出し34.17
暖まる34.94
伝う33.97
あの方33.73
初日33.84
澄み渡る34.88
跳ね除ける34.71
見向きもしない34.97
反らせる35.07
手を伸ばす33.83
悠長34.24
衰える34.45
重たげ36.02
訳す34.78
尚のこと34.57
名礼33.69
大口34.22
34.56
横から33.75
艶かしい35.13
問わず34.02
小鉢35.18
刈り取る34.27
産婆34.96
立ち寄る34.07
鉢巻35.16
泣かす34.60
強がり34.69
恋心34.27
良く32.94
跳ねる33.97
案外33.68
はーい33.77
肩幅34.80
34.50
黄色33.89
何時しか34.04
かなあ34.14
馬鹿馬鹿しい34.27
ぬくぬく34.98
敵う34.45
そうもない34.27
水干36.26

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