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
もんか34.03
強請る34.47
彷彿34.39
仲睦まじい34.75
祈り33.60
おめでとう33.91
子なし33.78
香ばしい34.22
胸が痛む34.99
舞い上がる33.92
あけましておめでとうございます34.86
魅力33.70
会議33.27
楽府34.77
目板33.85
所で33.30
引き立て34.71
隣り合わせ34.95
人口33.85
腹帯35.61
濃ゆい35.81
可哀想に34.39
鶏34.04
汗ばむ34.77
戦ぐ34.91
勝負33.22
蒸し菓子36.81
中心部34.06
鎮まる34.87
隔離34.14
塒34.50
旅路34.27
粘り気35.18
潮34.57
元い34.01
櫛34.56
寝顔34.22
蚕34.98
臣下33.94
名付け34.19
挑発33.71
と思ったら33.50
身支度34.30
口内34.37
林檎34.13
馬鹿に33.68
それどころか33.58
私ども34.29
意外33.21
不愉快33.94
余生34.88
晴れ着35.34
指示32.98
乗り越える33.64
翌日33.38
筋書き34.67
腰掛け34.00
しゃあない35.09
挟まる34.60
好物34.32
寒梅粉37.11
気合い33.98
相33.93
耳たぶ35.20
木板34.45
書院34.85
ぺたぺた34.64
心の声34.33
お膳立て34.71
小馬鹿34.66
物申す34.90
責任33.30
言い逃れ34.63
はにかむ34.26
これこそ34.17
小鉢35.18
可能32.85
思い残す35.11
恋い焦がれる35.23
気後れ34.58
被さる34.69
思い描く34.23
十五日34.93
五十日34.07
射翳34.69
名家34.17
どろどろ34.81
人間らしい34.40
野獣34.51
じゃ無いか32.84
課す34.33
汁物34.44
過ち34.24
はん34.28
口ごもる34.37
段取り34.33
痒い34.59
がり34.31
抱き枕34.68
色づく34.73

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