ライトノベル

noun

light novel

A category of Japanese young-adult fiction, often illustrated in manga style and serialized in bunkobon format. The term is a wasei-eigo coinage.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English)

• 最さい近きん、ライトノベルを読よむ大人おとなが増ふえている。

  Recently, more adults are reading light novels.

• このアニメは人にん気きのライトノベルが原げん作さくです。

  This anime is based on a popular light novel.