長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつ

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Meanings

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novel; full-length novel; long novel

Refers to a long work of fiction, typically a novel as opposed to a short story or novella. Often used in literary contexts.

He is writing a new novel.

この長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつは三さん部ぶ作さくの第だい一いっ巻かんです。

This novel is the first volume of a trilogy.

〈長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつ〉に挑ちょう戦せんするto take on the challenge of writing/reading a long novel
彼かれは初はじめて長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつに挑ちょう戦せんした。
He took on the challenge of writing a full-length novel for the first time.
〈長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつ〉を書かき上あげるto finish writing a long novel
彼かの女じょは三さん年ねんかけて長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつを書かき上あげた。

大たい作さく
長編小説 simply means a long novel by form, while 大作 highlights the work's grand scale or literary significance regardless of exact length.

短たん編ぺん小しょう説せつ
長編小説 is a full-length novel, while 短編小説 is a short story—opposite ends of narrative length.

長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつ
Standard modern spelling.
長ちょう篇へん小しょう説せつ
Variant using the older 篇 character; less common in contemporary writing.

Compound of 長編 (long work, long edition) and 小説 (novel, fiction).

She spent three years finishing a full-length novel.

長編小説 and 中編小説 share the 編小説 form but differ in length category: 長編小説 is a full novel, 中編小説 is a medium-length work between a short story and a novel.