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
黒光り14.82
世話役14.60
零れる14.17
硬直13.71
棒術14.78
逃走13.94
旅の者15.50
猫の手も借りたい15.56
二毛作16.15
婿入り14.43
特産14.81
512.89
大蛇13.97
蒸し菓子16.81
芽吹く14.82
根ほり葉ほり16.19
血統14.35
抑えきれない14.64
立ち尽くす13.94
いい天気14.74
上位互換14.82
衝く14.53
何の道16.75
点在14.35
永遠13.70
小い14.75
霜14.66
手籠め15.40
超越13.97
腹切16.05
美学14.91
一枚岩14.75
異議14.38
汲み置き16.19
献身的14.77
みそ15.42
縁起が悪い15.50
人間らしい14.40
柔らかめ15.56
太公望15.80
野兎14.11
はした金15.30
尻目14.17
異常値16.15
青み15.21
皇室14.86
見栄14.43
延ばす14.50
どうかしてる14.96
害のない15.54
我関せず14.72
面白がる14.86
脅威13.41
閉まり15.02
問題視14.65
育ちの良い15.73
官名16.57
さり気ない14.91
何種15.82
筆まめ16.04
肉体美15.37
投げ込む14.33
出世頭15.44
調子が狂う15.16
勝ち上がる15.61
大粒14.41
立太子15.11
見栄え14.43
愛憎劇15.77
口を噤む14.73
必要事項15.13
極めつけ14.75
勝ち星15.51
王手15.20
生理的14.55
付いてくる14.30
度数14.85
応え13.72
朝日14.14
腸詰14.91
彫13.87
初々しい14.71
薪割り14.98
茂り15.61
減点14.85
芥子15.09
博15.09
陣痛15.41
魅入る14.54
口が減らない16.04
途絶える14.38
じわっと15.43
運び入れる15.51
早死に15.12
嫌らしい14.64
塗りつぶし15.28
年代物15.29
二言14.96
お尋ね者15.21
策略14.41

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