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
すらり34.20
顔を合わせる34.19
朝露35.08
五十日34.07
汁33.50
強引33.42
これこれ34.86
外皮34.73
授ける33.93
いとも簡単に34.63
粘り34.86
意味がある33.88
何方へ34.85
からって33.70
見つけ出す34.21
じんと35.30
少女32.57
通り道34.66
蝿35.06
てよ33.40
寝殿造り36.42
里帰り34.56
癖のある34.66
輪33.59
不愉快33.94
山のよう34.33
あの方33.73
語り口34.94
ふやかす35.54
告白33.52
溺愛34.31
真っ黒い34.89
陰り34.70
星夜34.35
宣う34.68
だけでいい34.04
見失う33.91
見逃し33.99
はん34.28
此処33.68
天然33.94
心地好い34.83
跳ね返す34.42
不智35.04
裸足34.63
蓄え34.11
被さる34.69
引っかけ34.59
今か今か34.62
断りを入れる35.34
血筋33.91
おこがましい34.55
仕入れる34.21
強がり34.69
注意書き35.05
気が遠くなる35.01
ちゃま34.91
そうですが33.91
であるからして34.79
馬鹿に33.68
小じんまり34.81
分かち34.62
大して33.81
筈がない33.40
ご挨拶34.10
しょぼくれる35.04
持ち合わせ33.93
憐れむ34.62
その人33.51
冷淡34.63
練り直す35.08
気丈34.44
損ねる34.06
懐妊34.65
道のり34.16
据わる34.36
出店34.30
逃亡33.96
色っぽい34.28
お金33.09
渾身33.97
暫く33.56
一時33.70
あわあわ34.94
外出34.05
闇夜34.41
乗り気34.20
炊ける35.29
消沈35.11
まな板34.72
裸33.83
真珠34.28
前記36.08
召し寄せる36.69
湯上がり35.49
釣殿36.72
無33.31
耳たぶ35.20
二人分34.38
丸まる34.42

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