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
手のひら返し15.38
苦肉の策14.88
釈然14.36
能力主義15.79
剥がれ14.49
堆積15.20
本分14.62
務歯15.07
まどろっこしい15.07
創作物14.92
息を吹き返す15.55
馬の背15.09
尻込み14.73
ふらつき14.72
手桶15.38
賭け事14.81
全面的14.23
焼き魚14.67
狙い通り14.49
上がり込む15.12
まくり14.45
しきたり14.63
子どもらしい15.51
悪筆16.02
めぐり合わせ15.83
千載一遇14.90
肉饅頭15.63
ちょこまか14.88
季候16.72
心をつかむ16.07
上の子15.67
得手不得手15.20
付属14.61
野焼16.18
窓口14.19
蒸し返す14.83
身を守る14.13
斜面14.22
お参り14.96
欲する14.38
硬直13.71
終息14.77
訝げ15.00
初舞台16.10
使い物にならない14.69
襲撃事件14.74
出勤日16.03
午前13.84
子どものころ15.41
印象に残る15.28
数件15.30
独り立ち14.66
意味するもの15.27
我武者羅14.56
ほっといてくれ15.54
実行犯14.67
仕立て上げる15.24
二次元14.76
明かす13.95
甘辛15.57
やる気満々14.59
用無し15.55
ものを言う14.89
嫡々15.99
腹具合15.77
一安心14.34
会得14.46
負け犬14.75
野垂れ死に15.33
遊び心15.00
筆遣い16.55
想い人14.40
琴13.88
913.33
童子14.22
巻き込み14.49
危険思想15.73
裏面14.96
にやり14.54
眩暈14.46
混同14.87
胎内15.31
決定権14.75
福14.90
鍋料理15.51
意地が悪い15.15
再建14.46
行13.91
もたもた15.01
棚卸16.34
開封14.66
火だるま15.25
生菓子15.82
つまみ出す15.41
持てる者15.78
宿泊施設14.58
近距離14.32
強張る14.73
飾り付ける15.53
心残り14.59

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