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
卑怯13.91
足止め13.76
真っ向から14.13
抜け落ちる14.35
ぐらり14.55
下卑16.14
音沙汰14.95
新妻15.03
そおっと15.89
虚脱感15.19
幸福13.74
汚いやり方16.34
妄動14.36
風物詩15.23
画廊15.17
噎せる15.35
品々14.42
野次馬14.21
寝床14.05
村長13.44
身近13.99
香炉15.28
しょげる14.92
引っ掛ける14.71
味がする14.70
ごろ寝15.85
するり14.96
はらり15.48
能天気14.58
失格14.23
見つけだす15.36
恭しい14.16
縁起のいい16.01
仰せ言17.42
うるち米16.10
他人行儀14.77
常連14.34
大差14.11
売り場14.75
暗澹14.86
足手まとい14.29
手始めに14.75
すり潰す14.70
交わり14.96
13.85
大目14.59
精通14.49
振り向きざま14.88
騎虎の勢い16.81
囲碁15.25
未だに13.45
一足14.62
人材13.62
病身15.64
間合い13.58
向かい側14.53
おちょくる14.80
馴染み深い14.99
やる気13.51
今ごろ14.88
戦略13.93
二つとない15.72
分け隔てなく14.89
明け暮れ14.83
口を割る15.49
遅らす16.11
笑い飛ばす14.45
お粗末14.66
全くと言っていいほど14.94
四倍14.91
拭き取る14.78
粒子13.87
同日14.88
大惨事14.55
コクがある16.04
ぼそぼそ14.65
飯時15.63
生物13.23
半周15.28
不衛生15.25
手を取る14.53
手にとるように16.01
大騒ぎ13.99
ベタ14.75
悪行14.47
歯牙にもかけない15.28
小指14.35
泡だつ16.21
網子14.59
寝泊り14.92
あるに13.89
菊花15.07
囂しい15.63
留守中14.97
送り迎え15.16
流布14.37
凝らす14.08
澄みきった15.59
16.36
法螺吹き16.36

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