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短編小説 (たんぺんしょうせつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

短たん編ぺん小しょう説せつ

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Meanings

1

noun

short story; novelette

A work of prose fiction shorter than a novel; typically read in one sitting.

彼かれは毎まい月つき一ひとつの短たん編ぺん小しょう説せつを書かいている。
He writes one short story every month.
この短たん編ぺん小しょう説せつ集

しゅう

に

は

十じゅう

の

作さく

品ひん

が

収おさ

め

られ

て

いる

。

This collection of short stories contains ten works.

Written forms

短たん編ぺん小しょう説せつ
Standard modern spelling.
短たん篇ぺん小しょう説せつ
Variant using the older form 篇; still seen but less common than 編.

Kanji

短short, brevity, fault
編compilation, knit, plait
小little, small
説opinion, theory, explanation
篇volume, chapter, book

Similar words

長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつ
A full-length novel, as opposed to a short story.
中ちゅう編へん小しょう説せつ
A novella or mid-length story, between a short story and a novel.

Etymology

Compound of 短編 (short compilation) and 小説 (novel, fiction).