小こ新しん聞ぶん

noun

koshinbun (early Meiji-era small-format newspaper)

Historical term for a type of small-format newspaper popular in the early Meiji period, often contrasted with 大新聞 (ōshinbun), the larger, more political papers. Focused on entertainment, gossip, and serialized fiction.

See also: 大新聞

• 明めい治じ初しょ期き、小こ新しん聞ぶんは庶しょ民みんの間あいだで人にん気きを博はくした。

  In the early Meiji period, koshinbun gained popularity among the common people.

• 小こ新しん聞ぶんには連れん載さい小しょう説せつやゴシップ記き事じが多おおく掲けい載さいされた。

  Koshinbun often carried serialized novels and gossip articles.

noun

minor journal; local newspaper

General term for a small-scale or local newspaper, not necessarily historical. Less common than the specific Meiji-era sense.

• 地ち方ほうの小こ新しん聞ぶんが地ち域いきの話わ題だいを細こまかく報ほうじている。

  A local minor newspaper reports on community topics in detail.