amorous anecdote; risqué short story
A short, often humorous tale with an erotic or romantic theme. The term is somewhat literary and may appear in discussions of traditional storytelling or collections of witty, love-related anecdotes.
He lightened the mood at the banquet by telling an amorous anecdote.
This book is a collection of risqué short stories from the Edo period.
Refers to amorous or risqué humor in general, often used as a prefix in compounds like 艶笑小話 or 艶笑譚.
A short story or anecdote, not necessarily amorous. 艶笑小話 specifies the risqué nature.
Compound of 艶笑 (えんしょう, 'amorous laughter' or 'risqué humor') and 小話 (こばなし, 'short story' or 'anecdote'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used to describe a genre of short, witty, love-related tales.