ライトノベル

Japanese

Alternative forms

• (shortening) ラノベ (ranobe)
• (shortening) ライノベ (rainobe)
• (abbreviation) LN(ライトノベル) (raito noberu)

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from light +‎ novel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ito̞ no̞be̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ライトノベル • (raito noberu) 

1. a light novel

Descendants

• → Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 輕小說／轻小说 (qīngxiǎoshuō) (calque)
• → English: light novel (calque)
• → Korean: 라이트 노벨 (raiteu nobel)