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
行き止まり34.36
魅力33.70
じんと35.30
芦毛36.07
話し相手34.52
松の木35.28
みみず35.96
やしない34.85
澄み渡る34.88
跳ね除ける34.71
釣殿36.72
戦ぐ34.91
がぶり35.05
水瓶34.72
一度だけ33.95
眼窩34.69
34.18
一際33.81
毛並み34.16
限界33.15
お化け屋敷34.88
復唱34.64
33.88
想像通り34.54
振りかける35.00
火種34.29
木陰34.37
接吻34.81
ぼそり34.28
産婆34.96
喚く33.96
謂れ33.88
34.21
納得がいく34.60
あたふた34.52
人間らしい34.40
と言っても33.05
睨めっこ34.82
ありったけ34.44
挽く34.81
踏みしめる34.25
癖のある34.66
お前ら33.22
心地好い34.83
34.56
末席34.74
気がすむ35.68
粘り気35.18
国々34.15
35.08
据わる34.36
時の流れ34.75
意外33.21
連れてくる34.20
艶かしい35.13
天下34.30
心地いい34.65
設ける34.21
過ち34.24
みたいです33.46
その際33.71
開所36.51
転移32.83
朝露35.08
表面33.61
刺し33.79
膝掛け35.84
揺ら揺ら34.28
人肌35.04
可能32.85
毎夕36.57
ちゃいます34.08
隔離34.14
ううむ34.32
訳ではありません33.90
お連れ34.27
敷き詰める34.41
相談33.14
震え上がる34.56
敵う34.45
ねっちり36.40
突っこむ34.63
クビ34.57
火消し壺36.85
百姓家36.22
誤解33.50
尚且つ33.83
じゃ無いか32.84
猛々しい34.78
忌まわしい34.48
戦い32.55
一大事34.41
遣わす34.65
より上34.35
例外33.62
憧れる33.97
通路33.23
でしたら33.49
背格好34.79
鳴子35.44

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