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
送り出し34.49
一頻り34.93
手にとる35.54
白肌35.80
崩れ落ちる33.64
寸でのところで35.17
目を覚ます34.11
々33.81
段取り34.33
ぼうと35.86
相談33.14
照る35.30
と言っても33.05
箱入り娘35.11
みたいです33.46
色鮮やか34.66
にやにや34.25
直前33.52
吹き出し34.17
謂れ33.88
元い34.01
父上33.36
始まり33.52
所謂33.49
代り34.44
五十日34.07
速く33.79
ばたばた34.64
一士35.26
暖まる34.94
思い描く34.23
かも32.76
降ろす33.99
成れの果て34.75
食べ応え35.35
沁々36.78
もてなす34.59
とろり34.86
寝ぼけ眼34.89
コンコン34.39
より上34.35
仕丁33.25
じんと35.30
羨む34.54
左遷34.47
散打33.67
古くから34.34
練り羊羹36.81
至る33.38
遅れる33.60
騙す33.59
瓣36.61
寄せ合う35.58
許可33.18
落ち着ける33.66
反対側33.76
層33.29
ぺたぺた34.64
下記34.02
震え上がる34.56
行い33.43
彷彿34.39
持ち込む33.57
掘る33.59
能33.88
少女32.57
木陰34.37
ぽつぽつ34.57
具合33.52
合わさる34.14
末席34.74
火の海34.80
とぼとぼ34.86
牧場34.17
居眠り34.62
沼34.12
いそいそ34.39
但し33.11
使いっ走り35.43
いささか33.93
嫁に行く35.16
四人33.29
忌まわしい34.48
佇む33.81
宿る33.56
瞬時33.67
心苦しい34.22
前方33.44
毀れる34.50
上向く35.12
辛抱強い34.95
何かと33.80
所で33.30
分量34.48
今のうち33.91
程22.89
そうなると23.42
簡潔24.11
夕方23.59
親拝27.29

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