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
客観視15.32
柄杓15.23
通り道14.66
鼻息の荒い15.75
旅の者15.50
待たす14.55
背格好14.79
海岸線14.67
小まめ14.66
口伝14.83
自生14.82
造形物15.77
目に付く14.85
学者14.07
非人道的14.98
少数派14.66
掏児17.59
寄越す13.88
鑑定13.33
げほげほ15.62
肉食獣14.42
形振り14.83
捜す13.93
猫被り15.85
易しい15.39
見入る14.39
吹き出し14.17
仄めかす15.16
ぶち13.86
病名15.27
思いがけない14.45
畏怖14.15
独演会16.01
三角形14.67
御座す15.78
深まる14.21
禿山15.93
数歩14.18
路13.84
そいで15.37
何割14.74
無味無臭無色16.89
秘湯15.74
心の狭い15.67
嘆息13.95
料理上手14.94
高級紙16.26
旅団14.35
頼りがい14.92
見やる13.65
凶兆15.54
門外不出15.14
は行15.97
気もない14.52
とにかく13.04
装備12.88
思いきり14.55
海風14.93
人のいい15.46
切らず15.04
拔絲17.59
古狸15.57
入室14.07
釈放14.98
切り札13.78
仕15.18
書き出す15.07
のたうつ14.85
下手をすれば14.07
しっかり者14.90
貪欲14.49
えーと13.59
毒味15.14
災難14.47
最高傑作14.88
宙ぶらりん15.20
ひびが入る15.54
寄り13.93
射止める14.88
科学者14.65
間を置く15.46
血流14.98
止めを刺す14.65
元を取る16.11
模範15.05
名前負け15.56
たき火14.86
引く手15.94
無きにしも非ず15.32
何が何やらわからない16.12
水道14.48
寄せ付ける14.56
ほっと一息14.94
取り扱い14.50
物ともしない14.88
羽を広げる15.80
一本道14.50
玄米15.30
ほくろ15.45
収入源14.85

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