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
言葉にする34.43
指示32.98
より上34.35
狭し34.33
護り34.39
見て見ぬ振り35.08
夜な夜な34.95
死に別れる35.26
がち33.87
これこれ34.86
容れる34.82
消滅33.49
後始末34.21
落ち着ける33.66
異質34.11
三倍34.20
居場所33.65
幸福感34.77
てえ34.38
のっけから35.47
入れ替える34.40
噴く34.23
失態34.00
あいつ32.86
だもの33.76
筈がない33.40
吹きっさらし36.53
遠のく34.38
ちろちろ35.32
よく言う34.67
座り込む33.74
気が済む34.67
朝露35.08
欲する34.38
十六34.05
もどかしい34.26
乞う34.46
此処33.68
両膝34.66
休憩33.36
血の気34.13
分量34.48
ことから33.46
引き込む34.12
三度34.06
落す34.27
無造作33.95
立ちこめる34.89
広め34.19
今か今か34.62
訳ではありません33.90
教典35.32
何ら33.85
ぼったくり35.06
寝殿造り36.42
一際33.81
暇つぶし34.34
下欄34.87
吹き出し34.17
心地好い34.83
のらりくらり34.85
年男36.09
忠告33.72
次期33.76
責任33.30
貌34.07
佇む33.81
てよ33.40
汁33.50
夜長35.81
じゃ無いか32.84
素手で34.09
小荷物36.29
鎮める34.54
素人33.52
こいつ32.74
あの方33.73
死期35.19
嘲る34.51
関所34.29
内緒33.91
一様34.04
一途に35.02
くるり33.94
復唱34.64
足を向ける34.68
とっくり35.72
探しに33.93
嗄れる34.58
途絶える34.38
若女将35.84
べ33.49
もてなす34.59
注連縄35.73
大して33.81
賜る34.15
案の定33.83
裏庭34.33
波立つ35.07
組み33.74

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