ショウセツ
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. novel; (short) story
Pitch accent
ショ
ウセツ
Composed of
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
Used in vocabulary (52 in total)
novelist; fiction writer
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel
short story; novella
(full-length) novel; long novel
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
historical novel
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
adventure story; novel of adventure
story for young girls
historical novel
truth is stranger than fiction
truth is stranger than fiction
novelizing; novelising
serial; serialized novel; serialised novel
truth is stranger than fiction
truth is stranger than fiction
novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp
contemporary novel; modern novel
romance (fiction)
novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story
roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel
serious novel; genuinely attempted novel
novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc.; Bildungsroman
science fiction; sci-fi; fantasy fiction
psychological novel
novel depicting customs and manners of the day
novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman
novel written in colloquial Chinese
novel written in epistolary style
experimental novel
sentimental novel
swashbuckling stories; martial arts fiction; chivalric knight novels; wuxia xiaoshuo
allegory; allegorical tale
bizarre story (novel)
(Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction
sultry novel; suggestive story
Examples (114 in total)
This novel is boring.
This novel is difficult to understand.
It is worthwhile to read this novel.