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
使いっ走り35.43
通り過ぎる33.65
段取り34.33
不快感34.17
33.83
老いる34.47
可哀想に34.39
分量34.48
朝日34.14
無表情33.53
取り返す34.37
一生懸命33.84
身支度34.30
棚引く34.94
もがき34.75
うす34.95
と言っても33.05
駆け込む34.16
出向く33.83
衰える34.45
御免34.27
吹きっさらし36.53
震え上がる34.56
34.37
あはは33.65
陽だまり35.05
立ちこめる34.89
御点前36.99
灯籠35.63
治める33.81
気後れ34.58
のらりくらり34.85
一歩手前34.48
目付35.32
光栄33.87
語り口34.94
その実34.43
酌み交わす34.79
ぶつくさ34.89
恋人33.51
裸足34.63
ご挨拶34.10
湯浴み34.69
心苦しい34.22
とぼとぼ34.86
反対側33.76
あっち33.48
組み33.74
そこここ35.33
刺々しい34.70
整う33.66
晩夏35.68
とんとん34.84
畳縁37.11
一升35.80
もどかしい34.26
喚く33.96
ありったけ34.44
視線を落とす34.58
涙目33.75
不和34.29
人間らしい34.40
まな板34.72
伝う33.97
揺ら揺ら34.28
戦う32.55
打つかり34.01
ぼそり34.28
口走る34.25
ばたばた34.64
煮物34.27
通り道34.66
33.93
付いてる33.92
溺愛34.31
逃亡33.96
門徒35.12
果て33.75
盛ん34.40
口ごもる34.37
刈り取る34.27
挑発33.71
ばさばさ35.32
小綺麗35.21
粒あん35.71
鎮め34.69
腹の中34.34
ちょうど良い33.72
血筋33.91
クビ34.57
癖のある34.66
33.75
素手で34.09
ぺたぺた34.64
がり34.31
持ち込む33.57
堪能33.84
さし34.65
指し示す33.98
停滞33.92

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