小説

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See also: 小說 and 小说

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 小說 (“fiction; etc.”).
(This term is a variant traditional form of 小說).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1
せつ
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
小說 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (shō, small) +‎ (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

(しょう)(せつ) (shōsetsuせうせつ (seusetu)? (counter )

  1. novel, story, fiction

Derived terms

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.