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
含み34.23
矜恃35.56
目板33.85
たどり着く33.62
投げ込む34.33
期待通り34.86
終ぞ34.77
やり返す34.65
力尽きる34.29
たし33.84
鳴子35.44
好物34.32
お金33.09
数々33.63
あっての34.12
33.55
沈め34.17
34.56
怠る33.91
恋い焦がれる35.23
引き下がる34.06
肉球34.57
香ばしい34.22
盗る34.33
一文字34.39
溺愛34.31
火消し壺36.85
駆け抜ける33.73
人知れず34.64
もがき34.75
二様35.16
如何せん34.28
らしさ34.42
思惑33.62
毛並み34.16
転移32.83
代える34.63
腰掛け34.00
がぶり35.05
抱き枕34.68
正路37.05
何時しか34.04
お化け屋敷34.88
33.25
人数33.27
皆が皆34.63
何もかも33.55
然り34.36
34.21
礼拝34.76
食べ応え35.35
私ども34.29
色づく34.73
伝道35.86
足す34.25
折りたたむ34.73
甲斐33.92
貴い35.01
青年33.20
伝う33.97
はみ出る34.89
繋げる33.94
落す34.27
望ましい34.19
無表情33.53
言い逃れ34.63
恋心34.27
その人33.51
揺する34.36
椅子33.07
息抜き34.42
日の出34.54
接続る34.21
いとも簡単に34.63
立ち寄る34.07
冷淡34.63
で候33.44
悪化33.91
謂れ33.88
心持ち34.44
揉め事34.45
行く末34.25
手にとる35.54
踏みしめる34.25
練り羊羹36.81
涙ぐむ34.42
じゃった33.78
由縁35.25
成れの果て34.75
雇われ34.26
内緒33.91
入り浸り35.52
にしろ33.62
清め34.56
断りを入れる35.34
まな板34.72
下賜34.55
毀れる34.50
下欄34.87
賛成33.71

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