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
とく
Words with 説
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —大河小説roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel
- —心理小説psychological novel
- —街頭演説roadside speech; soapbox speech
- —時代小説historical novel
- —本格小説serious novel; genuinely attempted novel
- —立会演説campaign speech
- —風俗小説novel depicting customs and manners of the day
- —応援演説campaign speech (endorsing a candidate); speech in support of a candidate
- —作業仮説working hypothesis
- —少女小説novel for young girls
- —補足説明supplementary explanation
- —掌篇小説short short story
- —アジ演説propaganda speech; inflammatory speech
- —英雄伝説heroic legend; legend of heroes
- —異端邪説heretical doctrine (thought, faith)
- —街談巷説street gossips and idle rumors
- —高論卓説an excellent opinion; an insightful view
- —道聴塗説shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
- —演説口調oratorical tone
- —落人伝説legend concerning a fugitive clan