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
曇天14.80
機密情報15.10
手落ち15.40
瀕死14.18
悪しき14.46
装丁14.95
酒造場17.59
耐え難い14.68
思い立ったが吉日15.45
目鼻立ち14.89
甚大14.33
朝飯前14.86
買い占める15.09
自刃15.44
ごてごて15.31
不親切15.42
這い回る15.25
不運14.28
口軽16.49
包丁さばき15.99
石伏魚15.56
鼻の下14.66
横歩き16.11
そりが合わない15.94
ぽっかり14.33
脱力14.18
群青14.94
ご免こうむりたい16.09
毎朝14.38
組み方15.70
其の許16.34
影の薄い15.42
哈密瓜17.59
個包装16.07
古書15.19
火遊び15.18
肯ける15.15
一区切り14.70
おかれましては14.97
到達13.53
許容範囲14.56
渋み14.99
成りすまし15.27
群衆14.43
風土15.11
杉菜14.53
奪い返す14.68
理知的14.62
都会人16.11
手をやる14.89
仲間入り14.65
ひざ掛け15.73
納期14.97
先方14.50
誰々15.44
後を追う14.30
同心円状15.59
体現14.30
製紙15.38
分捕る15.31
感傷的14.97
売り出し15.11
豚脂16.40
弊える16.75
買い食い14.72
有象無象14.52
憂う14.93
お盆14.33
引きずられる14.74
弛める15.36
手籠16.18
請ける14.94
交換条件14.83
勝ち星15.51
裂ける14.11
遺体安置所16.18
二枚目14.92
目を凝らす14.60
つれない14.64
ひどい仕打ち15.82
たじたじ15.09
巨漢14.27
経費14.45
不義15.01
切り落とし14.51
白粉中毒17.59
うら若い14.99
生活費14.48
丹念14.78
ぎゃんぎゃん15.88
戦死者14.66
その内に14.32
欲情14.77
場合を除き15.85
賠償金14.60
都会14.19
知ったかぶり15.57
嘔く15.73
さ迷う14.80
正義の味方14.61

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