長編

長篇

Reading

Kana: ちょうへん

Romaji: chōhen

Definition

noun

adj-no

1

long (e.g. novel, film)

Kanji

長

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

編

Readings: ヘン、 あ.む、 -あ.み

Meanings: compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book

篇

Reading: ヘン

Meanings: volume, chapter, book, editing, compilation

Example Sentence

私(わたし)は週末(しゅうまつ)を長編(ちょうへん)小説(しょうせつ)を読(よ)んで過(す)ごした。

➥I spent the weekend reading a long novel.