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
手渡す33.71
除夜36.75
飽き34.01
良かったら33.96
愕然33.94
授ける33.93
使いっ走り35.43
気がすむ35.68
やけに33.73
釣殿36.72
星夜34.35
恋人33.51
もんか34.03
お湯33.74
延命34.86
寛い34.42
よーし34.14
幾つ34.07
おめでとう33.91
分量34.48
開所36.51
有名33.31
引き下がる34.06
言動33.64
ぬくぬく34.98
正路37.05
見抜く33.76
去年33.78
そこここ35.33
冴える35.04
堪能33.84
無表情33.53
然り34.36
駒33.90
空腹34.02
鎮め34.69
お嬢さん33.84
産婆34.96
可能32.85
朝露35.08
これ等33.57
涙目33.75
選り分ける35.28
跳ね返す34.42
ちろちろ35.32
層33.29
陽光34.18
内緒33.91
もがき34.75
飛び付く34.87
貴い35.01
山のよう34.33
花々34.57
ぱたり35.10
知れ渡る34.22
無33.31
無傷33.76
癖のある34.66
ぺこり34.22
喧々36.06
持ち主33.54
刺34.37
土台34.28
息抜き34.42
詠唱33.18
媚びる34.73
女房34.38
寝ぼけ眼34.89
こっぱ微塵36.81
休憩33.36
居られる34.02
哀愁34.75
こそげる35.81
値する33.94
灯籠35.63
勘33.62
仇33.86
裸33.83
木綿35.00
旅路34.27
ざわめき33.95
人知れず34.64
捺す35.52
断れない34.57
流れ込む33.96
咄34.15
速く33.79
漲る34.30
心の拠り所35.16
稼げる33.86
高らか34.07
厳命34.64
舞33.88
刺し33.79
からって33.70
お膳立て34.71
告白33.52
宿す33.69
真っ白い34.62
摸擬35.49

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