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
投げ荷15.12
実体14.18
足らない14.76
いざこざ14.64
結びつき14.73
最適13.96
ギロリ14.71
巻き上げ14.33
しゃあしゃあ16.02
掛け合い14.87
身から出た錆15.45
ふやける15.21
伏す14.60
他人ごと15.28
煩わしい14.35
絶大14.02
火が点く16.06
点呼14.96
裸体14.76
がっしり14.26
親族14.12
希有15.31
これより先15.20
引きだす15.45
書き上げる14.69
競う14.23
他所者15.69
数多13.88
ごろりと14.83
博多15.25
いろは14.78
土砂14.34
聴き取る16.55
外交13.96
二段14.64
見返り14.29
14.30
側近く15.70
道化師14.57
寝汗15.36
仇なす15.01
使い道14.00
あんぽ柿17.59
専ら14.38
させて頂く14.35
細帯16.53
利他14.08
まっぴら御免15.78
負けん気15.27
書き出す15.07
家中14.56
間暇15.99
機嫌を損ねる14.85
差し伸べる14.08
躊躇いながら15.16
切り裂く13.43
止むを得ず15.59
左耳15.09
勢ぞろい14.89
演技13.74
帯刀15.25
冷やっこい17.11
ぶらんぶらん16.42
百聞15.75
八日14.73
わねぇ14.24
怖じ気16.13
うねり14.56
蹌踉15.79
打ち震える15.21
精通14.49
犇めき15.63
お使い14.22
ごきぶり17.19
まともに13.42
薄化粧15.60
浄火15.35
着付け14.83
持って来い14.48
びちゃびちゃ14.98
測る13.99
凝望16.28
走り寄る15.08
胡座をかく15.93
論議15.35
好きなように14.28
13.71
死んでも13.95
縫い合わせる15.17
最後尾14.20
剥ける15.19
お喜び15.01
店屋15.82
暑さ14.19
ひどい仕打ち15.82
主として14.61
時たま14.75
道幅14.84
吹き出る14.79
中にも14.00

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