成長小説

Reading

Kana: せいちょうしょうせつ

Romaji: seichōshōsetsu

Definition

noun

1

novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

成

Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す

Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach

長

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

小

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-

Meanings: little, small

説

Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く

Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor