艶えん笑しょう小こ話ばなし

noun

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.

• 彼かれは宴えん席せきで艶えん笑しょう小こ話ばなしを披ひ露ろうして、場ばを和なごませた。

  He lightened the mood at the banquet by telling an amorous anecdote.

• この本ほんは江え戸ど時じ代だいの艶えん笑しょう小こ話ばなしを集あつめたものである。

  This book is a collection of risqué short stories from the Edo period.