小説

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) novel, story, fiction

Derived terms

 * 小説家 (shōsetsuka): novelist
 * 私小説 (watakushishōsetsu): novel narrated in the first person
 * 悪漢小説 (akkan shōsetsu): picaresque novel
 * 甘い小説 (amai shōsetsu): sentimental novel
 * 怪奇小説 (kaiki shōsetsu): mystery novel
 * 官能小説 (kan'nō shōsetsu): erotic novel
 * 郷土小説 (kyōdo shōsetsu): local story
 * 教養小説 (kyōyō shōsetsu): novel about one's education
 * 寓意小説 (gūi shōsetsu): allegory
 * 三文小説 (sanmon shōsetsu): dime novel
 * 少女小説 (shōjo shōsetsu): story for young girls
 * 掌篇小説 (shōhen shōsetsu): short short story
 * 心理小説 (shinri shōsetsu): psychological novel
 * 時代小説 (jidai shōsetsu): historical novel
 * 実験小説 (jikken shōsetsu): experimental novel
 * 推理小説 (suiri shōsetsu): mystery novel
 * 成長小説 (seichō shōsetsu): novel of formation
 * 扇情小説 (senjō shōsetsu): sultry novel
 * 大河小説 (taiga shōsetsu): roman-fleuve
 * 大衆小説 (taishū shōsetsu): popular fiction
 * 探偵小説 (tantei shōsetsu): detective story
 * 短編小説 (tanpen shōsetsu): short story
 * 中間小説 (chūkan shōsetsu): middle-brow novel
 * 中編小説 (chūhen shōsetsu): short novel
 * 長篇小説 (chōhen shōsetsu): full-length novel
 * 長編小説 (chōhen shōsetsu): full-length novel
 * 通俗小説 (tsūzoku shōsetsu): popular novel
 * 伝奇小説 (denki shōsetsu): romance
 * 白話小説 (hakuwa shōsetsu): novel written in colloquial Chinese
 * 風俗小説 (fūzoku shōsetsu): novel depicting customs of the day
 * 武侠小説 (bukyō shōsetsu): swashbuckling stories
 * 本格小説 (honkaku shōsetsu): serious novel
 * 冒険小説 (bōken shōsetsu): adventure story
 * 猟奇小説 (ryōki shōsetsu): bizarre story
 * 歴史小説 (rekishi shōsetsu): historical novel
 * 連載小説 (rensai shōsetsu): serialized novel
 * 書簡体小説 (shokantai shōsetsu): novel written in epistolary style
 * 勧善懲悪小説 (kanzenchōaku shōsetsu): didactic novel
 * 空想科学小説 (kūsō kagaku shōsetsu): science fiction
 * ゴシック小説 (goshikku shōsetsu): gothic novel
 * 事実は小説より奇なり (jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori kinari): truth is stranger than fiction
 * 事実は小説よりも奇なり (jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori mo kinari): truth is stranger than fiction