Meaning of 小説 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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小説JLPT 4
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Kana Readingしょうせつ
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Romajishōsetsu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- novel; (short) story
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Example Sentences
小説, しょうせつ used in context
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ある人物が不変の性質で全人生を貫くということは小説の中だけの話だ。
Only in novels do you find individuals who live out their whole life with unvarying character.
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Because novels, just like paintings, need you to practice.
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よろしかったらスキーに行っていいですよ、でも私としては、家にいて小説でも読む方がいいです。
You can go skiing if you like, but for my part I prefer to stay at home and read a novel.
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今度書く小説でラブホテルが舞台になるんで、一度実際に見ておきたかったんです。
The novel I'm writing next is set in a love hotel so I wanted to see what one actually looks like.
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とある映画を文庫化した—いや、映画の為に書かれたシナリオを小説として加筆修正し、日本語にローカライズしたものだ。
A certain movie was novelized - rather it was a scenario written for a movie that was expanded as a novel and localized to Japanese.
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Frankly speaking, his new novel is not very interesting.
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