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
極まりない33.97
目を細める34.10
恋人33.51
手解き35.16
捨て去る34.66
隣り合わせ34.95
寝顔34.22
夜明け34.16
やり返す34.65
寄越す33.88
粘り気35.18
33.49
どちらにしても34.33
血を引く34.44
盗賊33.10
処女34.38
お休みなさい34.33
余生34.88
あざとい34.64
灯籠35.63
見向きもしない34.97
手を伸ばす33.83
初日33.84
がち33.87
失脚34.58
逃亡33.96
寝ぼけ眼34.89
飲ます34.45
擦り寄る34.59
臨月35.55
おめでとう33.91
先人34.62
34.22
見せ物小屋36.49
褒美34.04
値する33.94
ぱたぱた35.49
入り浸り35.52
冷んやり34.32
木陰34.37
ねじ込む34.60
ほんで35.25
便り34.55
可能32.85
と言っても33.05
野獣34.51
良く32.94
後始末34.21
醒ます35.06
はにかむ34.26
ふざける33.70
苦肉の策34.88
33.75
境地34.59
ぎゅう詰め36.48
翌日33.38
藤袴36.66
憎き34.73
椅子33.07
そこから33.10
単価34.91
言動33.64
神の手35.27
伝統34.15
挽く34.81
腑抜け34.89
看板33.87
騙す33.59
足す34.25
子なし33.78
一人でに34.92
蔓延る34.71
相談33.14
33.61
補う33.95
気圧される34.20
上向く35.12
文書34.29
手に渡る35.28
手を取り合う34.98
33.53
よく言う34.67
想像通り34.54
取り返す34.37
話し相手34.52
細やか33.95
伊和33.96
詫び34.31
人柱35.26
にやにや34.25
付喪神34.89
果実33.73
はん34.28
花街34.89
伝う33.97
藪入り36.81
粘り34.86
白肌35.80
真っ当34.06
走り出す33.62

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