Illustration: In a Japanese publisher's meeting room, a novelist hands a thick manuscript to an editor across a small table. The pages are turned so that only their backs and stacked edges are visible.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

小しょう説せつ家か

shousetsuka

novelist

Example sentences

  1. 夢ゆめは小説家しょうせつかになることです。

    My dream is to become a novelist.

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  2. 私わたしは小説家しょうせつかと詩人しじんに会あった。

    I met a novelist and a poet.

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  3. 彼かれは小説家しょうせつかとして名声めいせいを得えた。

    He won fame as a novelist.

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Kanji in 小説家

  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-
  • 説opinion; theoryOnセツ・ゼイKunとく
  • 家house; homeOnカ・ケKunいえ・や・うち

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