掌しょう篇へん小しょう説せつ

noun

short short story; very short story

A literary term for an extremely short story, often only a few pages long. Similar to flash fiction or a short-short story in English.

• 彼かれは掌しょう篇へん小しょう説せつの名めい手しゅとして知しられている。

  He is known as a master of the very short story.

• この掌しょう篇へん小しょう説せつはわずか三さんページで深ふかい感かん動どうを与あたえる。

  This very short story, only three pages long, leaves a deep impression.