How to say "episode" in Japanese

• エピソードCommon
  nounCovers both major senses: an installment of a TV or radio series, and a short story from someone's experience. It fits either meaning of the English word.
  その痛いたましいエピソードは私には痛切つうせつに感かんじられた。↗

  The touching episode came home to me.
• 逸話いつわCommon
  nounMeans an anecdote in the classic sense: a short, interesting story about a person or event, often one told about well-known figures. It does not cover the TV-series sense of 'episode'.
  彼かれはまずユーモアのある逸話いつわを話はなして講義こうぎを始はじめた。↗

  He began his lecture with a humorous anecdote.
• 挿話そうわCommon
  nounRefers to a story inserted within a larger narrative — a side story, a story within a story, or an aside. It is not the word for TV installments or personal anecdotes.

Choose 「エピソード」 for both TV-series installments and personal anecdotes; 逸話 for a short interesting story about a person or event; 挿話 only for a story inserted within a larger narrative.

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• エピソードepisode
• 逸話いつわanecdote
• 挿話そうわepisode
• 病相びょうそうepisode (of a mental illness)
• 回かいepisode