小説

See also: 小說 and 小说

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)  (counter 篇)

1. 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

• 本(ほん) (hon, “book”)

References

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