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
- —各人各説everyone has his (her) own view; different people, different opinions
- —家系伝説family legend
- —官能小説erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel
- —成長小説novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman
- —説教泥棒preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes
- —説教坊主tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer
- —説得上手persuasiveness; skilled in the art of persuasion
- —説話文学legendary literature; narrative literature
- —扇情小説sultry novel; suggestive story
- —大道演説street (soapbox) oratory; stump oratory
- —卓上演説after-dinner speech; speech made at a dinner (luncheon)
- —白話小説novel written in colloquial Chinese
- —猟奇小説bizarre story (novel)
- —説明責任accountability; being held accountable
- —大衆小説novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp
- —長編小説(full-length) novel; long novel
- —用不用説Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used
- —中編小説novella; short novel
- —量子仮説quantum hypothesis
- —仮説検定hypothesis testing; hypothesis test