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
月のもの15.54
とんでも14.09
踏ん張る14.28
色分け15.18
新作14.13
のん気15.30
鞍ずれ17.59
実体14.18
謹慎14.54
若気の至り15.19
醸造14.81
けちをつける16.17
後生大事15.28
応じて14.22
馴れ馴れしい14.55
広々14.95
がん14.47
お召し物15.04
間に合い14.82
にも増して14.96
鼻つまみ15.65
罰を与える14.97
悴む15.64
この上なく14.48
四辺15.73
人身御供15.25
組み立て14.30
呪術13.87
小雀16.66
とっとと13.96
焼き殺す15.31
張り合う14.53
おめでとう13.91
久々13.70
学舎14.74
粉砕13.86
凄まじい13.30
度数14.85
孟浪15.56
小高い丘14.66
ご愁傷様14.83
土壁14.28
言付け15.05
荒唐無稽14.60
硫黄泉16.39
首をつっこむ16.25
乾季15.13
目がいい15.42
精神力13.15
煮方16.01
意味を成す15.69
監督13.94
棒状14.88
事務処理15.07
切れ者15.06
素質14.07
口先だけ14.95
位置づけ14.84
知らぬが仏15.82
悪行14.47
腫物15.82
隠れ家14.26
引越し14.75
ざらつく15.32
蜘蛛の子を散らす15.02
流し読み15.18
重大13.95
碁盤目状16.36
幾度となく14.27
朝粥16.45
まいに15.00
食いしん坊14.57
成り立ち14.65
ひょこっと15.18
何割14.74
花嫁14.10
はん14.28
嫌に14.40
なり手15.24
舞い戻る14.43
足を伸ばす15.39
遊牧民族15.77
針山15.42
運がいい14.61
忌むべき14.75
分担14.51
すました顔15.08
羞恥14.20
不壊14.56
祈祷14.77
火事場泥棒15.35
けじめを付ける15.74
狸寝入り15.41
庶民的14.99
全額14.69
介助15.28
異界13.80
水道14.48
海月15.09
面目が立つ16.17

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