成せい長ちょう小しょう説せつ

noun

Bildungsroman; coming-of-age novel; novel of formation

A literary term for a novel that traces the psychological, moral, and social development of a young protagonist from youth to adulthood. Often used in academic or critical contexts.

• 『車しゃ輪りんの下した』はドイツの代だい表ひょう的てきな成せい長ちょう小しょう説せつだ。

  "Beneath the Wheel" is a classic German Bildungsroman.

• この成せい長ちょう小しょう説せつは、少しょう年ねんが大人おとなになるまでの葛かっ藤とうを描えがいている。

  This coming-of-age novel depicts the struggles of a boy as he grows into adulthood.