novel

斬新な、新しい

これまで見たり試したりしたことがなく、新鮮で珍しく興味深い。

やさしい英語で： Something is new, unusual, and interesting because people have not seen or tried it before.

• That is a novel idea.
• They developed a novel way to store energy.
• The team tested several novel approaches to the problem.

類義語： new, original, innovative

反対語： conventional

よく使う表現： novel idea, novel approach, novel solution

小説

人や出来事について、長い創作の物語を描いた本。

やさしい英語で： A book telling a long invented story about people and events.

• I am reading a novel.
• She wrote three novels last year.
• Have you read his latest novel?

よく使う表現： read a novel, write a novel, historical novel, first novel