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
隣り合わせ34.95
暇つぶし34.34
手を取り合う34.98
問わず34.02
収める33.79
だもの33.76
ちゃうか34.58
波打つ34.35
よーし34.14
内緒33.91
傘下34.38
やしない34.85
恋い焦がれる35.23
あり得ない33.35
と言うと33.52
可哀想に34.39
甲斐33.92
駆け回る34.25
鳴子35.44
その場しのぎ35.18
34.08
祈り33.60
いそいそ34.39
あたふた34.52
これこれ34.86
はーい33.77
護り34.39
お膳立て34.71
34.14
乗り越える33.64
らか35.11
蒸し暑い35.04
もてなす34.59
引っかけ34.59
門前34.54
いとも簡単に34.63
侵入33.44
農家34.22
震え上がる34.56
謝意34.90
果実33.73
何としてでも34.41
指示32.98
走り回る34.02
34.67
楽府34.77
練り羊羹36.81
遭難33.37
終ぞ34.77
故意に34.74
在るべき34.36
書院34.85
33.75
変に33.93
という位34.27
賜る34.15
立てかける34.52
33.82
跳ね除ける34.71
花見34.83
33.83
揺ら揺ら34.28
若菜35.36
蓄える34.35
臨月35.55
命婦34.80
振りかける35.00
恵む34.96
嘲る34.51
蔑む34.22
一度だけ33.95
取り返す34.37
大方34.11
お嬢さん33.84
ぽとぽと36.08
確保33.24
摸する33.34
切れ手34.11
探り34.11
ぱたぱた35.49
33.62
予定通り33.81
あの方33.73
人数33.27
新雪35.18
冬空35.78
高らか34.07
生温かい34.68
武骨34.84
賛成33.71
疲労33.56
使い果たす34.41
あっち33.48
敢えて33.31
懐妊34.65
限界33.15
所望34.44
昼飯34.26
温い34.26
晴れ着35.34

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