Illustration: In a Japanese living room, a reader is absorbed in one very thick hardback novel, supported on a cushion across their knees. The opened pages are angled away, while the visible cover illustration depicts recurring adventure characters without lettering.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

長ちょう編へん

chouhen

full-length work

Used for novels, films, and other long works. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは週末しゅうまつを長編ちょうへん小説しょうせつを読よんで過すごした。

    I spent the weekend reading a long novel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. トムは長編ちょうへん小説しょうせつを読よんでいる。

    Tom is reading a long novel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. カフカは長篇ちょうへんより短篇たんぺんの方ほうが好すきです。

    I prefer Kafka’s shorter works more than his longer ones.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 長編

  • 長long; leaderOnチョウKunながい・おさ
  • 編compilation; knitOnヘンKunあむ

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