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
已むなく34.78
更なる33.63
と言っても33.05
居眠り34.62
下賜34.55
手持ち33.96
猛々しい34.78
注意書き35.05
小じんまり34.81
利かん気37.05
連れてくる34.20
夜じゅう36.51
辛抱強い34.95
外皮34.73
茶花36.81
奔騰34.45
指示32.98
暗示34.45
昼飯34.26
忌まわしい34.48
あけましておめでとうございます34.86
蜘蛛の巣34.58
据わる34.36
飴玉34.78
毀れる34.50
毛並み34.16
替わる34.67
がしかし35.07
晴れ晴れ34.79
色づく34.73
目を落とす34.93
という位34.27
出向く33.83
先の話34.46
大違い34.43
哀愁34.75
幼34.00
魅力33.70
手後れ34.43
渾身33.97
駆け込む34.16
淋しい34.72
に連れ33.76
寛大34.38
哀れ33.81
ぬくぬく34.98
悪意33.67
しゃぶる35.01
賊33.73
消滅33.49
花街34.89
持ち主33.54
灯籠35.63
嫉み35.30
あわあわ34.94
盗る34.33
亡命34.50
愕然33.94
綿毛35.02
清め34.56
戸板34.05
彩り34.63
あはは33.65
沁々36.78
まな板34.72
当初33.47
尚且つ33.83
一通34.50
邪33.68
居場所33.65
懲り懲り35.04
濃ゆい35.81
夜明け34.16
鶏34.04
愛称34.27
平ら34.49
丑三つ36.75
四人33.29
じゃ無いか32.84
言霊34.48
瞬時33.67
五十日34.07
交易33.82
気持ち悪い33.75
すたすた34.52
あえか36.23
奉る34.46
釣殿36.72
踏ん張る34.28
食べ応え35.35
一文字34.39
紫色33.86
刺々しい34.70
真っ白い34.62
臣下33.94
礼拝34.76
伝道35.86
具合33.52
注連縄35.73
引っかけ34.59

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