How to say novel in Japanese

Example Sentences

よろしかったらyoroshikattara スキーSUKII にni 行ってitte いいii ですdesu よyo、でもdemo 私watashi としてはtoshiteha、家ie にni いてite 小説shousetsu でもdemo 読むyomu 方がいいhougaii ですdesu。: You can go skiing if you like, but for my part I prefer to stay at home and read a novel.
今度kondo 書くkaku 小説shousetsu でde ラブホテルRABUHOTERU がga 舞台butai になるninaruんnでde、一度ichido 実際jissai にni 見てmite おきoki たかったtakatta んですndesu。: The novel I'm writing next is set in a love hotel so I wanted to see what one actually looks like.
とあるtoaru 映画eiga をwo 文庫化bunkoka したshita—いやiya、映画eiga のno 為にtameni 書かれたkakareta シナリオSHINARIO をwo 小説shousetsu としてtoshite 加筆kahitsu 修正shuusei しshi、日本語nihongo にniローカライズROOKARAIZUしたshita ものmono だda。: A certain movie was novelized - rather it was a scenario written for a movie that was expanded as a novel and localized to Japanese.
率直に言ってsotchokuniitte、彼のkareno 新しいatarashii 小説shousetsu はha あまりamari おもしろくないomoshirokunai。: Frankly speaking, his new novel is not very interesting.
率直にsotchokuni 言えばieba、このkono 小説shousetsu はha あまりamari 面白くないomoshirokunai。: Frankly speaking, this novel isn't very interesting.

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