長編

ちょうへん · chouhen · JLPT N1 · noun

gram

📖 長 (long) + 編 (compile, edit, as in 編集 editing) = a long compiled work, like a novel or film

編 means to compile or edit, as in 編集 (editing). 長編 is a long work built by putting many parts together, the opposite of 短編 (short piece).

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