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Japanese
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| 小說 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From 小 (shō, “small”) + 説 (setsu, “narrative, story”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “coined by 坪内逍遥 acc. to daijisen”)
Noun
小説 • (shōsetsu) ←せうせつ (seusetu)? (counter 篇)
- novel, story, fiction
Derived terms
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
- 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
- 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
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.