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
巻き替え17.29
剛と柔16.39
毛抜き16.61
手早い13.97
金の無心15.87
見る人が見れば15.34
あたふた14.52
多聞14.80
辻褄が合わない15.48
実り14.13
要領のいい16.09
減収16.29
遙々15.08
手分け14.32
嫁取り15.24
円陣14.68
頬紅15.88
拝見14.24
したっけ14.88
召使い14.80
置き換わる15.19
恥ずかしがり屋15.02
女形16.12
発覚14.18
海苔14.80
貴方さま15.88
節操がない15.79
幼き14.44
飲みこみ15.58
富くじ16.49
都護14.17
不釣り合い14.63
途方に暮れる15.13
野太い14.45
ひしひし14.65
高飛車14.91
諜報機関15.21
水浴15.49
満載14.34
どっしり14.57
召し上げる15.04
身を守る14.13
暗愚15.17
負傷13.90
釈放14.98
頼みごと14.76
気前のよい16.78
神々しい14.15
せがむ14.55
取り立て14.79
どうもこうも14.92
旗頭14.92
思い切った14.77
手を入れる14.98
正面13.68
お気になさらず14.40
賭け事14.81
縫い付ける15.24
機微14.56
墓穴14.86
どうなってる14.26
短慮14.92
恒例14.54
勝ち負け14.82
巨万16.32
がらん14.76
生す14.85
真苧14.41
若旦那14.87
どうであれ15.40
小骨15.29
丸腰14.80
そうっと15.18
根ほり葉ほり16.19
黙り14.28
珍しもの16.89
足払い14.74
擽り14.93
務まる14.37
無慈悲14.30

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