小説

See also: 小說 and 小说

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	説
しょう Grade: 1	せつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
小說 (kyūjitai)

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(しょう)説(せつ) • (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

References

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