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
先回り34.45
そうもない34.27
惜しみなく34.67
内野34.95
四人33.29
五十日34.07
立ち寄る34.07
素手で34.09
反らせる35.07
幾つ34.07
逝く34.16
恵む34.96
嘆く33.87
巡り34.05
律儀34.18
上向く35.12
挙げる33.85
不浄34.75
ぺ33.41
核33.41
という位34.27
何ら33.85
住み着く34.41
しかめっ面34.69
注意書き35.05
先の話34.46
木陰34.37
手渡す33.71
先客34.66
相談33.14
平行34.40
にやにや34.25
戦ぐ34.91
佇む33.81
ぺたり35.35
蔑む34.22
堪忍35.24
可能32.85
口走る34.25
大方34.11
滑らせる34.80
敷地34.06
紋様34.17
跳ねる33.97
人柱35.26
ませんか33.97
涙ぐむ34.42
便り34.55
湯上り35.43
ぽつぽつ34.57
小じんまり34.81
搗きたて35.72
もてなす34.59
湧き出る34.35
奉公先35.74
詠唱33.18
冴える35.04
取りこぼす34.84
暴く34.16
という譯だ37.11
松の木35.28
雇われ34.26
と言っても33.05
台無し34.04
老いる34.47
折りたたむ34.73
響かせる33.93
祭る34.90
ばたばた34.64
横から33.75
叱34.08
化32.96
夜明け34.16
電流34.48
謝意34.90
言葉にする34.43
そうですが33.91
駒33.90
荒波35.03
期待通り34.86
よーし34.14
厳めしい34.99
持ち主33.54
行事34.17
隔離34.14
延び34.67
お湯33.74
何者33.64
戻し33.62
無33.31
右腕33.47
もがき34.75
救援33.97
打算34.35
何もかも33.55
あけましておめでとうございます34.86
由縁35.25
精33.78
動き出す33.46
伝統34.15

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