The Apothecary's Monologue

(or: A Pharmacist's Soliloquy)

The Apothecary's Monologue (or: A Pharmacist's Soliloquy)

日向夏

# Translation When she went out to gather medicinal herbs, she was caught in a hunt for concubines in the imperial harem. Maomao, who worked as a pharmacist in the flower district, thus found herself working as a maidservant in such an elegant place. Though dissatisfied with her current situation, she intends to behave quietly until her service contract ends—but her curiosity and knowledge won't allow it. After solving a certain incident, she catches the attention of the Emperor's favored concubine and eunuchs. Wanting to return to civilian life as soon as possible, Maomao sighs once more today, laundry basket in hand. The old snake's tail section is located in the Apothecary side stories. It has been published as books. With Ray Books as one volume, and currently up to fifteen volumes with Hero Bunko. The first volume of the paperback edition has been revised and expanded based on the first volume of the Ray Books edition. Manga serializations are currently running in both Big Gangan and Sunday GX.

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Statistics

Chapters 393
Reading Time
38 min
Words 645,134
Sentences 67,832
Characters 1,190,962
Unique Words 22,180
1-Occurrence Words
7,311
Unique Kanji 2,927
1-Occurrence Kanji
272
Avg Word Difficulty 2.25
Avg Sentence Length 9.5

Word List (22,180 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
待ち構える33.84
差し引く34.52
花形34.96
悠長34.24
内容物35.18
婿養子34.95
墨壺36.02
しゃがみ込む34.73
いらっしゃい34.04
路地34.00
引率34.61
物語る34.20
成す33.63
不向き34.66
からしたら34.16
黄瓜36.49
36.11
救援33.97
あるかないか34.86
僥倖34.42
おぞましい34.11
出どころ35.17
殿下32.73
枯れ草35.17
何よりも33.56
一対一34.04
養育費35.35
34.71
35.29
皮蛋36.34
立ちあがる34.46
人間離れ34.56
見定める34.21
食糧難35.28
正邪34.28
官吏34.28
別宅34.90
式典34.04
水がめ35.64
雨乞い35.63
接吻34.81
参考33.77
桂皮36.49
咄嗟34.33
垣間見る34.13
口角を上げる35.08
気を付け34.57
酒の席35.03
神さま34.41
万年茸37.11
落ち込み34.57
お持ち帰り34.82
八〇〇34.24
何気ない34.27
人違い34.70
値する33.94
はたまた34.22
上機嫌33.88
表立って34.41
勘ぐる34.86
善くする35.05
象牙細工36.61
大旦那34.98
どかっと35.48
耳たぶ35.20
暗闇33.45
貼り付け34.45
近しい34.11
惨敗34.83
修まる35.07
優しい声34.51
どれか34.37
仄めかし35.22
ぼやく34.13
舐る35.80
貸し出す34.61
よろめく34.26
色黒35.39
世話になる34.74
備わる34.13
焼酒37.11
排斥34.48
漬ける34.94
土地柄35.00
実技試験35.01
下敷き34.57
懇願33.92
焚き付け35.37
軋轢34.64
独り言33.87
裏方34.54
追い込む33.88
流される34.36
悩みの種34.93
生食35.27
日程表35.69
房楊枝36.69
机上の空論35.21
間延びした34.64
引き戸34.74

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