演えん説ぜつ

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演説する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	演えん説ぜつする	演えん説ぜつしない
Polite	演えん説ぜつします	演えん説ぜつしません
Past polite	演えん説ぜつしました	演えん説ぜつしませんでした
Past	演えん説ぜつした	演えん説ぜつしなかった
Te-form	演えん説ぜつして	演えん説ぜつしないで
Desire	演えん説ぜつしたい	演えん説ぜつしたくない
Potential	演えん説ぜつできる	演えん説ぜつできない
Passive	演えん説ぜつされる	演えん説ぜつされない
Causative	演えん説ぜつさせる	演えん説ぜつさせない
Causative passive	演えん説ぜつさせられる	演えん説ぜつさせられない
Volitional	演えん説ぜつしよう
Polite volitional	演えん説ぜつしましょう
Imperative	演えん説ぜつしろ	演えん説ぜつするな
Conditional	演えん説ぜつすれば	演えん説ぜつしなければ
Tara conditional	演えん説ぜつしたら	演えん説ぜつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

speech; address

A formal spoken presentation delivered to an audience, often political or ceremonial. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'give a speech'.

大だい統とう領りょうが国こく民みんに向むけて演えん説ぜつを行おこなった。
The president gave a speech to the nation.
彼かれは選せん挙きょ集しゅう会かいで熱ねっ心しんに演えん説ぜつした。
He spoke passionately at the election rally.

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Usage patterns

演えん説ぜつを行おこなうto deliver a speech (formal)
大だい統とう領りょうは国こく民みんに向むけて演えん説ぜつを行おこなった。
The president delivered a speech to the nation.
演えん説ぜつをぶつto launch into a (long, rousing) speech
彼かれは会かい議ぎで長ながい演えん説ぜつをぶった。
He launched into a long speech at the meeting.
〈場ば所しょ〉で演えん説ぜつするto give a speech at a place
首しゅ相しょうは国こっ会かいで演えん説ぜつした。
The prime minister gave a speech in the Diet.
演えん説ぜつがうまいto be skilled at giving speeches
彼かの女じょは演えん説ぜつがうまいので人にん気きがある。
She's popular because she's good at giving speeches.
演えん説ぜつに耳みみを傾かたむけるto listen attentively to a speech
聴ちょう衆しゅうは彼かれの演えん説ぜつに耳みみを傾かたむけた。
The audience listened attentively to his speech.

Kanji

演performance, act, play
説opinion, theory, explanation
舌tongue, reed, clapper

Related words

スピーチN4
スピーチ is a general, often casual word for a short talk, while 演説 implies a formal, public address, often political.
講こう演えんN3
講演 is an educational lecture given to inform an audience, whereas 演説 is typically persuasive or political in nature.
熱ねつ弁べん
演説 is a formal public speech that may be delivered calmly, whereas 熱弁 stresses the fervent, emotional delivery of the speech.
口こう上じょう
演説 is a public speech or oration, typically political or persuasive, while 口上 is a fixed, formulaic statement recited on ceremonial or theatrical occasions.

Don't confuse with

演えん技ぎN3
演技 means acting or a performance on stage/screen, while 演説 means a spoken speech; they share the kanji 演 but differ completely in meaning.
遊ゆう説ぜい
演説 is a single public speech, whereas 遊説 is the act of traveling from place to place giving such speeches during a campaign.
演えんずるN1
演説する means to give a speech, while 演ずる means to act or perform a role; the two are easily confused because they share the kanji 演.
演えんじるN1
演説する means to give a speech and shares the kanji 演 with 演じる, but the two verbs are unrelated in meaning.

Word family· 19

大だい演えん説ぜつ
harangue; fervent speech; grand oration
演えん説ぜつ会かい
speech meeting; public lecture event
演えん説ぜつ家か
orator; public speaker
演えん説ぜつ者しゃ
speaker; orator
アジ演えん説ぜつ
propaganda speech; inflammatory speech

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卓たく上じょう演えん説ぜつ
after-dinner speech; table speech
基き調ちょう演えん説ぜつ
keynote speech
大だい道どう演えん説ぜつ
street oratory; soapbox speech; stump speech
就しゅう任にん演えん説ぜつ
inaugural speech; inaugural address
応おう援えん演えん説ぜつ
campaign speech; endorsement speech

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Written forms

演えん説ぜつUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
演えん舌ぜつUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 演 (to perform, to develop) and 説 (to explain, to persuade). The combination conveys the idea of developing and presenting an argument or performance in spoken form.