Word Meaning 短編小説

たんぺんしょうせつ tampenshousetsu

短編小説 is read as たんぺんしょうせつ (tampenshousetsu) and means short story.

Meaning

English

  1. short story
  2. novella

Reading

Kana

たんぺんしょうせつ

Romaji

tampenshousetsu

Writing Variants

  • 短篇小説 たんぺんしょうせつ tampenshousetsu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 44 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 70309 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

中編小説

ちゅうへんしょうせつ

novelette

長編小説

ちょうへんしょうせつ

(full-length) novel

短編

たんぺん

short (e.g. story, film)

短小

たんしょう

short and small

短小ペニス

たんしょうぺにす

small penis

短編映画

たんぺんえいが

short film

短編集

たんぺんしゅう

collection of short stories

大河小説

たいがしょうせつ

roman-fleuve

書簡体小説

しょかんたいしょうせつ

novel written in epistolary style

歴史小説

れきししょうせつ

historical novel

小説

しょうせつ

novel

私小説

ししょうせつ

I-novel

Example Sentences

9

Tom wrote a short story.

She writes short stories.

Tom writes short stories.

Tom is writing a short story.

Tom is reading a short story.

He tried writing a short story.

She tried to write a short story.

This writer is at his best in his short stories.

Since then, he has already written several books and periodical short stories.