中ちゅう編へん

noun

second part (of three); middle volume

Used for the middle installment of a three-part work, such as a trilogy or a three-volume set.

• この三さん部ぶ作さくの中ちゅう編へんが一いち番ばん面おも白しろい。

  The second part of this trilogy is the most interesting.

noun

novella; short novel

Abbreviation of 中編小説. Refers to a work of fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a full-length novel.

See also: 中編小説

• 彼かれの新しん作さくは中ちゅう編へんで、一いっ気きに読よめる長ながさだ。

  His new work is a novella, a length you can read in one sitting.