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
咄34.15
一途に35.02
秋口35.47
抑え込む34.17
花菖蒲36.55
乗り越える33.64
虫の息34.91
伊和33.96
と言われる33.54
見つけ出す34.21
北風35.16
大口34.22
幾つ34.07
その一方34.27
射す34.80
潮34.57
血筋33.91
村民34.69
門徒35.12
気が楽34.48
値する33.94
戸板34.05
怠る33.91
蝿35.06
看板33.87
挟まる34.60
自制34.56
蒸し暑い35.04
食いしばる34.17
高値34.28
一切33.13
手を取り合う34.98
のんびり33.46
繋げる33.94
犠牲者34.13
あけましておめでとうございます34.86
青年33.20
気持ち悪い33.75
乗り切る34.30
気圧される34.20
思惑33.62
突き合わせ34.65
腹の中34.34
鍛え上げる34.19
こき35.15
陰り34.70
媚びる34.73
微量34.68
持ち込む33.57
尚且つ33.83
淋しい34.72
厚み34.28
お約束34.07
丈余36.94
月読35.26
もどかしい34.26
がっかり34.15
とっくり35.72
漉す35.53
朝日34.14
神の手35.27
引き下がる34.06
捨て去る34.66
同意33.33
成功33.02
突き返す35.02
仏様35.07
輩33.75
寝癖34.81
食み35.21
土台34.28
毛並み34.16
然り34.36
目を覚ます34.11
巡らす34.57
手持ち33.96
や否や34.06
花街34.89
成り立つ33.95
蚊帳の外34.69
よーし34.14
当初33.47
霜34.66
お腹いっぱい34.49
怜悧34.78
こっくり35.23
ちゃうか34.58
敷地34.06
みたいです33.46
鬱陶しい33.92
はにかむ34.26
谷間34.53
お祝い33.97
合わさる34.14
とされる33.76
宣う34.68
苦肉の策34.88
これ等33.57
度々33.93
くるり33.94

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