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小説 (しょうせつ, shousetsu) Japanese meaning: novel | Kotomora
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を
書か
い
て
いる
。
He is writing a new novel.
This novel is very moving.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 小しょう 説せつ を 書か く for someone to write a novel
He wrote his first novel last year.
小しょう 説せつ を 読よ む to read a novel
I like reading novels on the train.
小しょう 説せつ を 出しゅっ 版ぱん する to publish a novel
The author published a new novel.
小しょう 説せつ を 映えい 画が 化か する to turn a novel into a movie
That novel is scheduled to be made into a movie next year.
小しょう 説せつ に 基もと づく to be based on a novel
This drama is based on a famous novel.
Kanji 説 opinion, theory, explanation Related words 物語 is a broad word for any tale or narrative (including myths and folk tales), while 小説 specifically means a written novel or work of fiction.
フィクション is a loanword covering any fictional work (books, films, etc.), while 小説 refers specifically to a written novel.
小説 is the common native Japanese word for 'novel' used in everyday speech, while ノベル is a loanword mainly seen in compounds like ライトノベル.
Counted with 小説 is counted with 冊, the standard counter for bound books and volumes.
Counts editions and printings of a publication (初版, 第2版).
For literary works — poems, stories, essays, novels.
Etymology From Chinese 小說 (xiǎoshuō), originally meaning 'minor talk' or 'gossip', later coming to mean 'fiction' or 'novel' in both Chinese and Japanese.
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dime novel; cheap novel; pulp fiction
Show 5 more middle-brow novel
fantasy novel; fantastic tale
fictional biography; biographical novel
adventure novel; adventure story
debut novel; first novel
