日本語で書かれた最初の小説は何ですか。

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日本語で書かれた最初の小説は何ですか。

English Translation

What is the first novel that was written in Japanese?

Furigana

日本語(にほんご)で書(か)かれた最初(さいしょ)の小説(しょうせつ)は何(なに)ですか。

Romanji

Nihongo de kakareta saisho no shōsetsu wa nani desu ka.

Words

日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)

Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

小説 (しょうせつ)

novel; (short) story

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way