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
投薬25.28
松の木35.28
響かせる33.93
片足34.19
設ける34.21
御点前36.99
噴く34.23
暗示34.45
鉢巻35.16
ついつい34.02
挙げる33.85
野獣34.51
賜る34.15
涙ぐむ34.42
妬む34.65
察し33.45
居着く35.11
居眠り34.62
高熱34.31
33.86
改心34.72
やけに33.73
耳たぶ35.20
入り浸り35.52
計る34.20
ほんまもん35.82
汗ばむ34.77
お陰で33.60
現れ33.42
分かち34.62
辛抱強い34.95
もんですか35.07
黒髪33.39
切っての34.95
ご挨拶34.10
失礼しました34.18
右腕33.47
頃合い34.23
34.03
降り立つ34.08
細やか33.95
静々34.75
話し相手34.52
ほろ苦い35.07
会議33.27
お目にかかる34.27
もどかしい34.26
上手い33.50
33.57
34.62
馬鹿に33.68
敢えて33.31
何ちゅう35.38
山盛り34.61
あっち33.48
33.61
そうですが33.91
臨月35.55
落馬34.67
敷き詰める34.41
正真正銘34.26
どうもこうも34.92
干し柿35.49
奏上34.95
村民34.69
陶器34.36
憧れる33.97
食み35.21
含み笑い34.71
三倍34.20
突き落とす34.48
今か今か34.62
寄り合う35.98
今のうち33.91
一層33.84
出来事33.32
筋書き34.67
見逃す33.66
尊い34.27
きりきり35.22
渡海34.81
押しつぶす34.27
誂える35.15
厳めしい34.99
崩れ落ちる33.64
こいつ32.74
送り出し34.49
筈がない33.40
しなやか34.30
護符34.54
嫡男34.13
呆け34.01
不死33.80
腹帯35.61
踊り33.82
疫病神35.10
醒ます35.06
飽き34.01
恩恵33.87
壮麗34.90

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