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
どよめく34.68
見逃す33.66
哀れ33.81
木陰34.37
収める33.79
花菖蒲36.55
火種34.29
ねじ込む34.60
ご法度35.08
会議33.27
貴い35.01
実直34.63
夢心地35.34
気にする33.51
里帰り34.56
容れる34.82
登場33.44
広さ33.71
悪意33.67
箱入り娘35.11
で候33.44
果物33.70
飛び付く34.87
名家34.17
のんびり33.46
しゃあない35.09
思惑33.62
33.88
36.61
抱き枕34.68
改心34.72
血筋33.91
確保33.24
突っぱねる34.64
走り回る34.02
手後れ34.43
表面33.61
鉢巻35.16
孵る34.83
大罪34.22
告白33.52
二回33.82
崩れ落ちる33.64
立ち寄る34.07
境地34.59
木綿35.00
今か今か34.62
行き止まり34.36
かなあ34.14
無数33.32
要は33.72
目板33.85
恩恵33.87
に当たり34.02
課す34.33
不死33.80
ことから33.46
已むなく34.78
懐妊34.65
可視35.61
ふんふん34.53
駆け抜ける33.73
成れの果て34.75
夜明け34.16
刺し33.79
卑屈34.54
筈がない33.40
衰弱34.43
恥じらい34.68
所作34.22
称す33.92
代償33.85
気後れ34.58
去年33.78
漲る34.30
一様34.04
歌声34.18
べし35.07
どろどろ34.81
抱き寄せる34.70
34.67
擦れる34.56
33.41
人間らしい34.40
寝起き34.19
昂る34.87
仕丁33.25
お金33.09
絡まる34.48
伊艦33.62
訳す34.78
目付35.32
煮物34.27
小気味よい35.03
唸り34.08
ううむ34.32
一士35.26
変に33.93
広め34.19
恵む34.96

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