短編小説

See also: 短篇小說 and 短篇小说

Japanese

Kanji in this term
短	編	小	説
たん Grade: 3	へん > ぺん Grade: 5	しょう Grade: 1	せつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
短編小說 (kyūjitai) 短篇小説

Etymology

From 短編(たんぺん) (tanpen, “short story”) + 小説(しょうせつ) (shōsetsu, “novel”).

編 is a daiyōji replacing 篇.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tã̠mpe̞ɰ̃ ɕo̞ːse̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

短(たん)編(ぺん)小(しょう)説(せつ) • (tanpen shōsetsu) 

1. a short novel, novella, short story

Antonyms

• 長(ちょう)編(へん)小(しょう)説(せつ) (chōhen shōsetsu)