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
聞き返す13.94
つり上がる14.94
残り湯15.76
目がくらむ15.58
日数14.23
どっさり14.92
配給14.70
渦中14.63
返答に困る15.30
脱出13.49
嫡子14.58
ひと味15.85
生意気14.02
抵牾13.86
待ち兼ねる16.57
季子14.71
荒ぶる14.65
滝つぼ15.86
搾り汁16.00
表立って14.41
疎む14.44
16.36
手薄14.53
春寒16.85
決め込む14.45
手ぶら14.65
そうだね13.30
吃驚仰天16.21
朱鞘17.42
合わせる顔がない15.45
使いよう14.97
丸くなって14.65
晩秋15.32
べた15.28
急死15.16
統制14.29
人柄14.12
薬効14.59
男泣き15.40
恩を仇で返す15.33
末路14.30
食料13.36
麺棒15.67
見目14.55
啓く15.34
言いつけ14.31
14.57
早飯16.26
ありがと13.60
14.62
言いくるめる14.75
果てしない14.98
商売上手15.46
13.92
黒茶色16.06
侘び15.47
化け物13.42
さんざめく16.02
薄桃色14.85
カラス14.16
近況報告15.02
大き14.23
破門14.96
本年14.96
害す14.17
不恰好15.05
枯らす14.95
本式15.87
さわさわ15.23
紡ぎ14.56
手相13.52
切歯扼腕16.78
きゅっと14.23
いちゃもん15.13
意表14.53
点者13.84
ドクダミ15.22
べろり16.43
三家15.14
泊める14.44
聳え立つ14.87
鼻の下14.66
15.15
こます16.64
真後ろ14.53
彫刻14.31
腕を上げる15.31
書き写す14.74
習性14.38
どら焼き15.23
振り向きざま14.88
日陰14.60
乾き14.68
手練れ14.64
掛け合い14.87
没落14.28
中部14.96
わらび餅15.79
老け14.90
道順14.92

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