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
射翳34.69
見抜く33.76
極まりない33.97
初まり34.73
堪忍35.24
ご苦労様34.33
大口34.22
口に含む34.69
武骨34.84
生温かい34.68
犠牲者34.13
汁物34.44
おやつ34.07
ぎゅう詰め36.48
果物33.70
二つ目34.11
箱入り娘35.11
隙間風35.26
大違い34.43
より上34.35
寄越す33.88
情け34.34
行動32.64
どの道33.98
久方ぶり34.44
守護33.40
藤袴36.66
膨らます34.97
親愛34.36
焦慮35.85
不意に33.38
魅力33.70
心強い33.94
父上33.36
と言っても33.05
お膳立て34.71
子どもたち34.07
代り34.44
憐れむ34.62
足を向ける34.68
散らす33.89
口内34.37
擦り寄る34.59
逃亡33.96
絶望的33.94
うつつを抜かす35.66
可視35.61
鍛え上げる34.19
年男36.09
被さる34.69
陽光34.18
ぽかん35.20
老いる34.47
寝過ごす35.12
食べ応え35.35
仲睦まじい34.75
お休みなさい34.33
儲け34.09
ぴいぴい36.01
完璧33.31
まくし立てる34.54
茫然34.24
濁る34.15
ご馳走さん35.58
賛成33.71
つるつる34.85
対照的33.99
舌鼓34.62
ほんまもん35.82
土埃34.64
あの方33.73
真っ暗闇34.83
籠城34.33
ふんぞり返る34.49
粒あん35.71
34.67
償い34.62
初々しい34.71
33.29
と言われる33.54
護り34.39
さし34.65
日の出34.54
涙目33.75
強請る34.47
拠り所34.93
たどり着く33.62
四つ33.81
腑抜け34.89
想像通り34.54
口ごもる34.37
小綺麗35.21
可哀想に34.39
どうもこうも34.92
終ぞ34.77
食べっぷり35.05
消滅33.49
気丈34.44
寛大34.38
休め34.11

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