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
いとも簡単に34.63
冷淡34.63
冊34.22
どうせなら34.05
さし34.65
便り34.55
紋様34.17
二十年34.25
揺する34.36
手際よく34.58
手持ち33.96
無造作33.95
とされる33.76
通り道34.66
欲する34.38
以降33.32
散らす33.89
霊33.53
ばたばた34.64
ざわめき33.95
棹35.46
腸34.49
にやにや34.25
泣き虫34.76
彩り34.63
一片34.49
がな33.14
伝う33.97
鳥33.14
真っ当34.06
遠のく34.38
徹す34.16
がっかり34.15
由縁35.25
寒梅粉37.11
媚びる34.73
秋口35.47
中心部34.06
良く32.94
誘惑34.00
腹の中34.34
過34.56
寛い34.42
確保33.24
小鉢35.18
苦肉の策34.88
意外33.21
牧場34.17
汗ばむ34.77
仕丁33.25
引き締める34.21
馬の顔35.55
壮麗34.90
と言われる33.54
済まなそう34.88
黒髪33.39
広さ33.71
痛手34.41
鉢巻35.16
どちらにしても34.33
巡らす34.57
濁る34.15
突き落とす34.48
一層33.84
帝33.41
値する33.94
選り分ける35.28
冴える35.04
という位34.27
命婦34.80
木綿35.00
食べ方34.49
気が済む34.67
ふにふに35.24
見透し36.26
途絶える34.38
茶花36.81
褒美34.04
訊ねる33.99
うつつを抜かす35.66
切れ手34.11
謝意34.90
そうですが33.91
正路37.05
何者33.64
律儀34.18
失態34.00
強請る34.47
耳たぶ35.20
食べっぷり35.05
駆け抜ける33.73
酌み交わす34.79
たじろぐ34.29
手渡す33.71
座り込む33.74
神霊34.26
右腕33.47
らか35.11
息抜き34.42
臣下33.94

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