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
延び34.67
打つかり34.01
暖まる34.94
それどころか33.58
称す33.92
失態34.00
先回り34.45
蓄える34.35
目先34.56
とんとん34.84
手あか36.04
内野34.95
若女将35.84
見つけ出す34.21
温い34.26
あれだけ33.46
34.22
遊郭35.30
殺意33.71
衰弱34.43
出来れば33.04
串団子36.07
爪の先ほど35.86
村民34.69
何者33.64
何方へ34.85
かも32.76
挑発33.71
苛烈34.03
詫び34.31
異質34.11
おこがましい34.55
単価34.91
ほんで35.25
探り34.11
送り出し34.49
指摘33.38
によって32.54
漲る34.30
とっくり35.72
振り払う33.79
遊び33.37
お雛様35.88
ぽつぽつ34.57
便り34.55
闇夜34.41
やたら33.66
奏上34.95
踏みしめる34.25
元い34.01
甘辛い35.07
年男36.09
習慣34.05
時の流れ34.75
教典35.32
呼吸33.43
肩を並べる34.96
ほろ苦い35.07
目に浮かぶ34.66
長女34.16
植う33.65
ことから33.46
仲睦まじい34.75
告白33.52
至る33.38
瞬時33.67
陽だまり35.05
立てかける34.52
厚み34.28
揺ら揺ら34.28
力尽きる34.29
盗る34.33
操り34.09
ぺたぺた34.64
御忍び35.99
33.75
裏庭34.33
ちょうど良い33.72
相談33.14
祈り33.60
33.31
月読み37.11
所望34.44
仲直り34.32
喪失感34.68
入り浸り35.52
擦り寄る34.59
狛犬35.26
丸まる34.42
嫡男34.13
かなあ34.14
のっけから35.47
一際33.81
無理はない34.01
血筋33.91
碁盤35.70
折りたたむ34.73
嫉み35.30
冴える35.04
はーい33.77

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