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
強い力24.30
踊り33.82
それはそれで33.69
指し示す33.98
帝33.41
厩34.75
知らせる33.79
すやすや34.61
定期的33.83
突き返す35.02
駒33.90
両膝34.66
矜恃35.56
遣わす34.65
織る34.64
照る35.30
嗄れる34.58
光栄33.87
救助34.14
染み渡る34.73
晩夏35.68
響かせる33.93
探しに33.93
村中34.88
徒歩34.01
呼吸33.43
祭る34.90
休憩33.36
堪忍35.24
真珠34.28
捨て置く34.55
死期35.19
飴玉34.78
咎め34.14
お嬢さん33.84
彷彿34.39
棚引く34.94
群がる34.06
誘惑34.00
身支度34.30
ぴいぴい36.01
いきなり32.95
見合う33.94
突っこむ34.63
鬼のように35.23
という位34.27
天下34.30
行動32.64
袋詰め35.44
壮麗34.90
何ぞや35.23
喧々36.06
直前33.52
鎬35.47
遭難33.37
鍛え上げる34.19
入り浸り35.52
絶賛34.22
塵33.82
唸り34.08
文化33.71
私ども34.29
じんと35.30
蚕34.98
久方ぶり34.44
粘り気35.18
口ごもる34.37
ほほほ34.74
開所36.51
情け34.34
よじ登る34.47
気が楽34.48
女房34.38
浄め35.80
空腹34.02
不智35.04
台無し34.04
破顔34.45
お休みなさい34.33
事件33.20
有名33.31
藤袴36.66
利かん気37.05
顔負け34.75
頑丈33.66
落ち着ける33.66
朝日34.14
汁33.50
お膳立て34.71
処々34.14
押しつぶす34.27
四神獣37.11
たし33.84
栂34.62
二回33.82
火おこし35.97
襟巻き35.16
妖力35.11
でしたら33.49
納め34.21

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