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小説 (しょうせつ): novel — Japanese vocabulary

小説 is read しょうせつ and means "novel". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

小説

Reading
しょうせつ · shousetsu
Translation
novel
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
しょうせつが

Example

この小説はとてもおもしろいです。

このしょうせつはとてもおもしろいです。

This novel is very interesting.

Kanji in this word

  • 小 — small
  • 説 — theory, explain

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