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
絵図14.90
数匹14.32
俗に14.75
奮って14.86
物憂げ14.79
屋内14.39
乾燥地16.69
不格好14.70
水入らず15.06
暢気14.45
いい歳15.08
点在14.35
色をつける15.88
長引かせる15.19
釈然14.36
髭面14.64
再婚14.59
空き地14.51
門前14.54
取っつきにくい15.68
寝刃17.19
舌鼓を打つ15.14
荒ぶる14.65
みそ15.42
初舞台16.10
話しぶり15.16
供給13.80
14.90
手馴れる14.76
家族思い15.34
高級住宅地15.79
大奥15.02
電光石火15.00
入れあげる15.73
話にならない14.42
丹砂16.85
目立ちたがる17.11
息をのむ14.85
筆頭13.62
加点15.08
御子様15.23
ぬるぬる15.24
濃いめ15.27
気おされる15.82
前腕14.88
事欠かない14.86
そーいう15.17
避暑地15.24
刻みつける14.76
虚弱体質15.52
満載14.34
口をきく15.14
砂糖菓子14.95
一人前14.11
造形14.40
一塊14.95
孤立無援15.13
超法規的措置16.16
空中13.16
八寸16.15
番頭14.75
一人寝15.78
悲鳴を上げる14.10
手頃14.44
反す14.78
賭け事14.81
辞す14.49
心なしか14.07
失敗例15.66
ふかし芋16.10
希望者14.34
損得14.97
物にする14.50
窓口14.19
つけ入る15.21
熱血漢15.57
買い与える15.08
口下手14.89
上げ下げ15.38
規範的17.11
私宛15.44
ばあちゃん14.41
一人相撲16.03
運命13.35
蒼白い15.35
一癖も二癖もある15.42
妥協点14.95
止めを刺す14.65
のろのろ14.51
集団生活15.53
売り出し15.11
睨み返す15.09
嗤う14.47
醸造14.81
一般13.63
眼精疲労16.20
天性14.84
水辺14.65
もう無理14.51
制御13.36

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