How to say "novelist" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 作家さっかnounA broad word for a writer or author, which can also refer to an artist. It covers 'novelist' as one sense, but does not by itself specify that the person writes novels.
- 小説家しょうせつかnounThe specific word for a novelist: a writer of novels or fiction. Use this when you want to say precisely that someone writes novels, rather than writing in general.
Choose 小説家 for a writer of novels specifically; 作家 is broader, covering writers and authors in general, with 'novelist' only one of its possible senses.
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