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短編小説 (tanpenshousetsu) Japanese meaning: short story | Kotomora

短たん編ぺん小しょう説せつ

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Meanings

1

short story; novelette

A work of prose fiction shorter than a novel; typically read in one sitting.

彼かれは毎まい月つき一ひとつの短たん編ぺん小しょう説せつを書かいている

。

He writes one short story every month.

この短たん編ぺん小しょう説せつ集しゅうには十じゅうの作さく品ひんが収おさめられている。

This collection of short stories contains ten works.

Kanji

短short, brevity, fault
編compilation, knit, plait
小little, small
説opinion, theory, explanation
篇volume, chapter, book

Related words

長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつ
A full-length novel, as opposed to a short story.
中ちゅう編へん小しょう説せつ
A novella or mid-length story, between a short story and a novel.

Opposites

長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつN1
長編小説 is a full-length novel, while 短編小説 is a short story—opposite ends of narrative length.

Built from

Written forms

短たん編ぺん小しょう説せつ
Standard modern spelling.
短たん篇ぺん小しょう説せつ
Variant using the older form 篇; still seen but less common than 編.

Etymology

Compound of 短編 (short compilation) and 小説 (novel, fiction).

短たん編ぺん

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