小説

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	説

Etymology

小 (しょう, shō, “small”) + 説 (せつ, setsu, “narrative, story”)

Noun

小説 (counter 篇, hiragana しょうせつ, romaji shōsetsu)

1. novel, story, fiction

Compounds

Compounds containing "小説"

小説家 (shōsetsuka): novelist 私小説 (watakushishōsetsu): novel narrated in the first person 悪漢小説 (akkan shōsetsu): picaresque novel 甘い小説 (amai shōsetsu): sentimental novel 怪奇小説 (kaiki shōsetsu): mystery novel 官能小説 (kan'nō shōsetsu): erotic novel 郷土小説 (kyōdo shōsetsu): local story 教養小説 (kyōyō shōsetsu): novel about one's education 寓意小説 (gūi shōsetsu): allegory 三文小説 (sanmon shōsetsu): dime novel 少女小説 (shōjo shōsetsu): story for young girls 掌篇小説 (shōhen shōsetsu): short short story 心理小説 (shinri shōsetsu): psychological novel 時代小説 (jidai shōsetsu): historical novel 実験小説 (jikken shōsetsu): experimental novel 推理小説 (suiri shōsetsu): mystery novel 成長小説 (seichō shōsetsu): novel of formation 扇情小説 (senjō shōsetsu): sultry novel 大河小説 (taiga shōsetsu): roman-fleuve 大衆小説 (taishū shōsetsu): popular fiction 探偵小説 (tantei shōsetsu): detective story 短編小説 (tanpen shōsetsu): short story

中間小説 (chūkan shōsetsu): middle-brow novel 中編小説 (chūhen shōsetsu): short novel 長篇小説 (chōhen shōsetsu): full-length novel 長編小説 (chōhen shōsetsu): full-length novel 通俗小説 (tsūzoku shōsetsu): popular novel 伝奇小説 (denki shōsetsu): romance 白話小説 (hakuwa shōsetsu): novel written in colloquial Chinese 風俗小説 (fūzoku shōsetsu): novel depicting customs of the day 武侠小説 (bukyō shōsetsu): swashbuckling stories 本格小説 (honkaku shōsetsu): serious novel 冒険小説 (bōken shōsetsu): adventure story 猟奇小説 (ryōki shōsetsu): bizarre story 歴史小説 (rekishi shōsetsu): historical novel 連載小説 (rensai shōsetsu): serialized novel 小説を書く (shōsetsu o kaku): to write a novel 書簡体小説 (shokantai shōsetsu): novel written in epistolary style 勧善懲悪小説 (kanzenchōaku shōsetsu): didactic novel 空想科学小説 (kūsō kagaku shōsetsu): science fiction ゴシック小説 (goshikku shōsetsu): gothic novel 地方色の表れた小説 (chihōshoku no arawareta shōsetsu): novel with local color 事実は小説より奇なり (jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori kinari): truth is stranger than fiction 事実は小説よりも奇なり (jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori mo kinari): truth is stranger than fiction

Related terms

• 本 (ほん, hon): book