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novel, fiction, story
A fictitious prose narrative of book length.
日本の小説を読んでいる。
I'm reading a Japanese novel.
小説を書くのが夢だ。
My dream is to write a novel.
友達に勧められた小説がとても面白くて、一日で読み終わった。
The novel my friend recommended was so interesting that I finished reading it in a single day.
小説 refers to fictional prose narratives, typically novels or stories.
TYPES BY LENGTH:
- 長編小説: full-length novel
- 中編小説: novella
- 短編小説: short story
TYPES BY GENRE:
- 推理小説: mystery novel
- 歴史小説: historical novel
- SF小説: science fiction novel
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 小説を読む: to read a novel
- 小説を書く: to write a novel
- 小説家: novelist