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しょうせつ
Meanings
Noun
1. novel; story; (work of) fiction
Alt. forms
小しょう説せつ
99%
しょうせつ
Pitch accent
しょ
うせつ
Used in: 7
Composed of
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
Used in vocabulary (63 in total)
novelization; turning into a novel
novelist; fiction writer
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
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Examples (113 in total)
This novel is boring.
This novel is difficult to understand.
Tom has started to write a novel.
This is a novel written by Hemingway.
I was reading a novel then.
"What kind of book are you reading?" "A novel."
I have read all his novels.
It is difficult to understand this novel.
He's writing a new novel.
That novel was widely read.
He reads a novel every day.
I haven't read any of his novels.
I think his novel is boring.
His novel sold well.
I don't understand this novel's plot.
The heroine of the novel committed suicide.
He is working on a new novel.
The new novel was finally published.
This novel has been translated into French.
I sat up all last night reading a novel.
It wasn't a very interesting novel.
His novels are popular among young people.
That's an unfinished novel.
This novel consists of three parts.
The novel had an initial print run of 10,000 copies.
I really like Jiro Akagawa's novels.
I have read the novel before.
Many novels have been written by him.
My hobby is reading novels.
I'll soon finish reading this novel.
I was deeply moved by that novel.
I remember reading this novel.
I like reading American novels.
He sat down to read a novel.
He prefers poetry to fiction.
What is the first novel that was written in Japanese?
That novel isn't for children.
He enjoys reading novels on holiday.
You can't read this novel without crying.
I read the novel in three days.
I spent last Sunday reading novels.
He expressed it in the form of fiction.
The success of her novel made her rich.
Who do you think the author of this novel is?
What do you think of his new novel?
My brother would often stay up all night reading novels.
I love reading fantasy novels.
His novels are, for the most part, very boring.
We translated the novel from Japanese to English.
His paper reads like a novel.
When will your new novel be published?
The novel is worthy of praise.
The novel added to his reputation.
I haven't read both of his novels.
I recommend that you read that novel.
A light novel? Read a real book!
I spent the whole day reading a novel.
This novel of his is inferior to the previous one.
Tom Jackson's novel sold well.
I found his latest novel interesting.
We read his whole novel.
This movie is based on a novel.
The novel is centered on the Civil War.
As far as I know, the novel is not translated into Japanese.
This scientific article reads like a novel.
They translated the novel from Russian into Armenian.
Among his novels, I like this best.
It took him five years to write this novel.
I haven't read his novel, and my brother hasn't either.
Whether he wrote the novel or not is not known.
I haven't read all of his novels.
The novel has sold almost 20,000 copies.
Because novels, just like paintings, need you to practice.
His new novel is worth reading.
This novel is both interesting and instructive.
This novel is so easy that even a child can read it.
She encouraged him to write a novel.
How long did it take him to write this novel?
Frankly speaking, this novel isn't very interesting.
For my part I prefer to stay at home and read a novel.
This novel is more interesting than the one I read last week.
I stayed home all day long reading novels.
When we write a novel, we exercise our imagination.
Fiction is as old as fairy tales and myths.
He wrote a novel based on ancient myths.
This novel was written by an American writer.
"Tom and Mary" is known as the world's most boring novel.
The work will give birth to a new school of novel.
Has your new novel already been translated into French?
I used to read novels at random in those days.
I will have read the novels through by that time.
She writes essays in addition to novels and poetry.
Frankly speaking, his new novel is not very interesting.
I spent the whole day reading that novel.
The reviewer is sharply critical of the novel.
The stories written by Amy Church are all interesting.
This is the longest novel that I have ever read.
I haven't read the final page of the novel yet.
After he finished supper, he began to read the novel.
Her teacher advised her to read more and more novels.
By next Sunday, I'll have read through the novel.
He felt a sudden urge to write a novel.
This novel was written by a famous American writer.
She brought me many novels in German.
This novel describes the life of the Japanese as it was a hundred years ago.
That novel wasn't written by Mr. Robinson.
That was the most interesting novel that I had ever read.
As soon as he got the novel, he began reading it.
This English novel is not easy enough for you to read in a week.
It is said that his new novel is based on his own experiences.
She ascertained that the novel was based on facts.
I will have finished reading this novel by the time you come tomorrow.
Few students are interested in reading this novel.