N1Noun
小説
しょうせつ
Meaning
- 1.novel
- 2.story
- 3.(work of) fiction
Meanings across languages
- English
- novel, story, (work of) fiction
- Tiếng Việt
- tiểu thuyết, câu chuyện, tác phẩm hư cấu
- 日本語
- 小説, 物語, フィクション
- 한국어
- 소설, 이야기, 소설
- 中文
- 小说, 故事, （作品）虚构
- Bahasa Indonesia
- novel
- ภาษาไทย
- นวนิยาย
- Español
- novela
- Français
- roman
- Deutsch
- Roman
- Português
- romance
Kanji used
Example sentences
私は長い間小説を書く夢を見ていた。
I had been dreaming of writing a novel for a long time.
高校の時から、小説のアイデアが頭の中にあります
Since high school, ideas for novels have been in my mind.
いつか、自分の小説を書きたいです！
Someday, I want to write my own novel!
人生は小説のようですね。
Life is like a novel, isn't it?
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