In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there. Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That's her secret, until she encounters a resident of the palace at least as perceptive as she is: the head eunuch, Jinshi. He sees through Maomao's façade and makes her a lady-in-waiting to none other than the Emperor's favorite consort... so she can taste the lady's food for poison! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Japanese study overview
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto is a Japanese novel of 1,878,436 characters, with 26,764 unique words and 2,862 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 26,764 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 言うto say×3,848
- 思うto think×3,276
- 顔face×2,047
- 燕swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family)×1,810
- 聞くto hear×1,647
- 馬horse×1,630
- 医官medical officer×1,592
- 雀tree sparrow (Passer montanus)×1,523
- 話talk×1,440
- 男man×1,414
- 私I×1,406
- 前in front (of)×1,387
- 姚Yao×1,144
- 高順Kōjun×904
- 後宮inner palace (reserved for women)×893
- 西都Saito×770
- 李白Sueshiro×693
- 宦官eunuch×619
- 鶯Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone)×596
- 翠green×571