小説

See also: 小說 and 小说

Japanese
Kanji in this term
小 説
しょう
Grade: 1		 せつ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From 小 (shō, “small”) +‎ 説 (setsu, “narrative, story”).

Noun

小説 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 小說, counter 篇, hiragana しょうせつ, rōmaji shōsetsu)

  1. novel, story, fiction

Compounds
Compounds containing "小説"
  • 小説家 (shōsetsuka): novelist
  • 私小説 (watakushishōsetsu): novel narrated in the first person
  • 悪漢小説 (akkan shōsetsu): picaresque novel
  • 甘い小説 (amai shōsetsu): sentimental novel
  • 怪奇小説 (kaiki shōsetsu): mystery novel
  • 官能小説 (kan'nō shōsetsu): erotic novel
  • 郷土小説 (kyōdo shōsetsu): local story
  • 教養小説 (kyōyō shōsetsu): novel about one's education
  • 寓意小説 (gūi shōsetsu): allegory
  • 三文小説 (sanmon shōsetsu): dime novel
  • 少女小説 (shōjo shōsetsu): story for young girls
  • 掌篇小説 (shōhen shōsetsu): short short story
  • 心理小説 (shinri shōsetsu): psychological novel
  • 時代小説 (jidai shōsetsu): historical novel
  • 実験小説 (jikken shōsetsu): experimental novel
  • 推理小説 (suiri shōsetsu): mystery novel
  • 成長小説 (seichō shōsetsu): novel of formation
  • 扇情小説 (senjō shōsetsu): sultry novel
  • 大河小説 (taiga shōsetsu): roman-fleuve
  • 大衆小説 (taishū shōsetsu): popular fiction
  • 探偵小説 (tantei shōsetsu): detective story
  • 短編小説 (tanpen shōsetsu): short story
  • 中間小説 (chūkan shōsetsu): middle-brow novel
  • 中編小説 (chūhen shōsetsu): short novel
  • 長篇小説 (chōhen shōsetsu): full-length novel
  • 長編小説 (chōhen shōsetsu): full-length novel
  • 通俗小説 (tsūzoku shōsetsu): popular novel
  • 伝奇小説 (denki shōsetsu): romance
  • 白話小説 (hakuwa shōsetsu): novel written in colloquial Chinese
  • 風俗小説 (fūzoku shōsetsu): novel depicting customs of the day
  • 武侠小説 (bukyō shōsetsu): swashbuckling stories
  • 本格小説 (honkaku shōsetsu): serious novel
  • 冒険小説 (bōken shōsetsu): adventure story
  • 猟奇小説 (ryōki shōsetsu): bizarre story
  • 歴史小説 (rekishi shōsetsu): historical novel
  • 連載小説 (rensai shōsetsu): serialized novel
  • 書簡体小説 (shokantai shōsetsu): novel written in epistolary style
  • 勧善懲悪小説 (kanzenchōaku shōsetsu): didactic novel
  • 空想科学小説 (kūsō kagaku shōsetsu): science fiction
  • ゴシック小説 (goshikku shōsetsu): gothic novel
  • 事実は小説より奇なり (jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori kinari): truth is stranger than fiction
  • 事実は小説よりも奇なり (jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori mo kinari): truth is stranger than fiction

See also

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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