detective story

Japanese: detective story(英語表記)detectivestory
detective story

... The term "detective novel" has been used since the Meiji period as a translation of the English term "detective novel" (for long stories, or "detective story" for short stories). One definition of a "detective novel" is, for example, DL Sayers' "A novel dealing with crime and its investigation, in which the setting up and solving of the mystery are accomplished solely through logical operations" (1928).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "detective story" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 〈探偵小説〉は英語detective novel(長編の場合。短編の場合はdetective story)の訳語として,すでに明治時代から用いられた。〈探偵小説〉の定義としては,例えばD.L.セーヤーズの〈犯罪とその捜査を取り扱った小説のうち,なぞの設定とその解決が,もっぱら論理的操作によってのみ行われるもの〉(1928)という手本がある。…

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