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
遺言34.47
てよ33.40
摸擬35.49
里帰り34.56
タコ34.20
鉢巻35.16
余生34.88
白状34.44
医療33.93
取りこぼす34.84
果物33.70
片足34.19
点々34.80
手を叩く34.64
その一方34.27
落馬34.67
33.49
償い34.62
濃ゆい35.81
可哀想に34.39
果て33.75
北風35.16
しなやか34.30
よく言う34.67
渡海34.81
替わる34.67
仕入れる34.21
道のり34.16
疑問32.92
口に含む34.69
紋様34.17
可能32.85
応じる33.42
爪の先ほど35.86
彷彿34.39
漏斗34.81
見失う33.91
幾つ34.07
温い34.26
寝起き34.19
四神獣37.11
とろり34.86
恋心34.27
ころ33.59
襟巻き35.16
奏上34.95
刺々しい34.70
遠慮のない34.99
意外33.21
先の話34.46
除夜36.75
佇む33.81
住み着く34.41
お披露目34.09
濁る34.15
透ける34.13
あの方33.73
主従34.37
目板33.85
懲り懲り35.04
末席34.74
抱き合う34.27
村娘34.68
固さ34.88
竦める33.81
腹の中34.34
思いやる34.65
居なくなる34.05
所望34.44
走り回る34.02
自負34.05
処々34.14
武骨34.84
干し柿35.49
吹きっさらし36.53
日没34.63
気圧される34.20
一升35.80
33.57
睨めっこ34.82
にしろ33.62
嫁に行く35.16
頃合い34.23
食み35.21
野獣34.51
大口34.22
ついつい34.02
穏和35.45
顔を合わせる34.19
何としてでも34.41
目に浮かぶ34.66
間も無く34.85
蚰蜒36.59
蚊帳の外34.69
ずい34.62
女房34.38
蒸し菓子36.81
陰り34.70
踏みしめる34.25
丑三つ36.75

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