説

Meaning

説 centers on expressing ideas through words: an opinion, a theory, an explanation, or even a rumor—all are ways of putting thoughts into speech.

• 説明せつめい
  N5

  explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

• 小説しょうせつ
  N4

  novel; story; (work of) fiction

• 解説かいせつ
  N2

  explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

• 伝説でんせつ
  N1

  legend; folklore; tradition

• 説せつ
  N3

  theory; doctrine

• 説得せっとく
  N2

  persuasion

• 演説えんぜつ
  N3

  speech; address

• 説教せっきょう
  N1

  sermon; preaching; homily

• 仮説かせつ
  N1

  hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

• 説くとく
  N1

  to explain; to preach; to advocate

• 社説しゃせつ
  N2

  editorial; leading article; leader

• 定説ていせつ

  established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation

• 論説ろんせつ

  article; discourse; dissertation; (written) argument; commentary

• 力説りきせつ

  emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

• 学説がくせつ
  N1

  theory

• 逆説ぎゃくせつ

  paradox

• 遊説ゆうぜい

  election tour; election campaign; stumping

• 序説じょせつ

  introduction

• 小説家しょうせつか

  novelist; fiction writer

• 説明書せつめいしょ

  (printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description

• 推理小説すいりしょうせつ

  mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

• 説得力せっとくりょく

  persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

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