Kanji1 / 14
説 kanji
opinion, theory, explanation, rumor
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
セツゼイ
Kun readings
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Words with 説
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4小説Popularnovel; story; (work of) fiction
- N4説明Popularexplanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
- N3説Populartheory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor; gossip; hearsay
- N3演説Popularspeech; address
- N2解説Popularexplanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
- N2社説Populareditorial; leading article; leader
- N1学説Populartheory
- N1説得Popularpersuasion
- N1伝説Popularlegend; folklore; tradition
- N1概説overview; outline; rough summary
- —逆説Popularparadox
- —序説Popularintroduction
- —説教Popularsermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
- —定説Popularestablished theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
- —力説Popularemphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
- —論説Populararticle; discourse; dissertation; (written) argument; commentary; editorial; leading article; leader
- —仮説Popularhypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
- —小説家Popularnovelist; fiction writer
- —説得力Popularpersuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
- —説明書Popular(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description