説 : Opinion

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Components:

言兌

opinion, theory, explanation, rumor

On 'yomi:

セツ(setsu) ゼイ(zei)

Kun 'yomi:

と.く(to.ku)

Nanori:

さとし(satoshi) とき(toki)

Strokes:	14
Radical:	言 (149)
Usage Rating:	326

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	3
Grade:	4

Unicode:	08aac
jis208:	32-66

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説 Usage examples

性善説(せいぜんせつ)	belief that human nature is fundamentally good
天皇機関説(てんのうきかんせつ)	theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
講説(こうぜち)	explanation (by lecture)
立会演説(たちあいえんぜつ)	campaign speech
変説(へんせつ)	change of opinion
風俗小説(ふうぞくしょうせつ)	novel depicting customs and manners of the day
辻説法(つじせっぽう)	street preaching
説き及ぶ(ときおよぶ) 説及ぶ(ときおよぶ)	to mention, to refer to, to touch upon
説き分ける(ときわける)	to explain carefully or by making distinctions
説きつける(ときつける) 説き付ける(ときつける) 説付ける(ときつける)	to persuade
説き勧める(ときすすめる) 説勧める(ときすすめる)	to persuade
掻き口説く(かきくどく) かき口説く(かきくどく)	to complain, to pester, to plead, to beg
解散説(かいさんせつ)	rumor of dissolution (rumour)
仮説を立てる(かせつをたてる)	to build up a hypothesis
経文の義を説く(きょうもんのぎをとく)	to explain the meaning of a sutra
衆説(しゅうせつ)	various theories
小説を書く(しょうせつをかく)	to write a novel
説を立てる(せつをたてる)	to put forward a theory
法を説く(ほうをとく)	to preach the truth
演繹的説明法(えんえきてきせつめいほう)	deductive method
説明的妥当性(せつめいてきだとうせい)	explanatory adequacy
関説(かんぜい)	allusion, alluding, related explanation
応援演説(おうえんえんぜつ)	campaign (vote-getting) speech (for a candidate)
解説書(かいせつしょ)	(instruction) manual, handbook
作業仮説(さぎょうかせつ)	working hypothesis
少女小説(しょうじょしょうせつ)	story for young girls
補足説明(ほそくせつめい)	supplementary explanation
掌篇小説(しょうへんしょうせつ)	short short story
アジ演説(アジえんぜつ)	propaganda speech, inflammatory speech
フロギストン説(フロギストンせつ)	phlogiston theory
クローン選択説(クローンせんたくせつ)	clonal selection theory
ラマルク説(ラマルクせつ)	Lamarckism
英雄伝説(えいゆうでんせつ)	Legend of Heroes (video game series)
化学浸透圧説(かがくしんとうあつせつ)	chemiosmotic hypothesis
貨幣数量説(かへいすうりょうせつ)	quantity theory of money
快楽説(かいらくせつ)	hedonism
隔離説(かくりせつ)	isolation theory
指名受諾演説(しめいじゅだくえんぜつ)	acceptance speech
施政方針演説(しせいほうしんえんぜつ)	policy speech
平凡な説(へいぼんなせつ)	platitude
要説(ようせつ)	outline, summary
異端邪説(いたんじゃせつ)	heretical doctrine (thought, faith)
街談巷説(がいだんこうせつ)	street gossips and idle rumors
高論卓説(こうろんたくせつ)	an excellent opinion, an insightful view
道聴塗説(どうちょうとせつ)	shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
演説口調(えんぜつくちょう)	oratorical tone
落人伝説(おちゅうどでんせつ)	legend concerning a fugitive clan
各人各説(かくじんかくせつ)	Everyone has his (her) own view, Different people, different opinions
家系伝説(かけいでんせつ)	family legend
官能小説(かんのうしょうせつ)	erotic novel, amorous novel, pornographic novel
成長小説(せいちょうしょうせつ)	novel of formation (education), novel of character development, novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person, Bildungsroman