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
乳児15.28
口出し14.21
一日目14.64
ひと塊15.33
二九14.05
お見知り置き15.29
ほじくる15.17
丸顔15.41
二核15.79
秋月14.69
なのである13.56
純一無雑17.19
真っ青13.96
諦めがつく15.82
揉める14.27
二粒15.82
要するに13.62
売切れる16.61
そうしたら13.96
騒ぎ立てる14.59
成り上がる14.61
生まれてこのかた15.46
助け舟14.49
かくして14.36
独りごつ15.05
言いくるめる14.75
こびり付く14.89
ぽってり15.78
分かれる13.99
かと言って13.61
塗被紙16.89
恐がる15.24
うぐいす餡16.81
物分り15.51
よろしくお願いいたします14.03
お返事14.61
いくない15.80
生花15.42
留守中14.97
お椀14.89
見てくれ14.01
向きになる15.93
13.61
すぐ側14.13
貫通13.82
霊能者15.73
脳みそ14.38
汚穢15.91
ぽとり16.14
抜きんでる15.22
お手つき15.48
14.06
何時まで13.82
ひりひり15.27
ちらつく14.51
だらだら14.46
貴輪16.40
刷子15.21
口八丁15.42
そういうもの13.77
張り合い14.91
許しを乞う15.26
っぽい13.06
劣弱16.39
遠まわし14.95
ごつごつ14.74
別部屋16.01
困らせる14.74
取りなし15.00
これでもかと言うほど15.15
牢屋14.05
膝関節15.50
交易品14.99
飛び入り15.03
五位14.82
喘ぐ14.52
お目々15.20
殿方14.17
煮っころがし16.26
驚嘆14.41
泥棒猫15.16
ぽっぽと17.11
囃子15.92
鷲掴み14.36
切りかかる14.57
気休めに15.08
困惑13.35
博多15.25
肉親14.56
空を切る14.79
譯ではない17.59
花嫁衣裳15.47
目を引く14.57
落差14.75
神馬15.45
不思議なほど14.92
舌つき17.59
ぴりり15.48
ったらない16.09
おあつらえ向き15.25

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