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
- —処女小説debut novel
- —説教臭いpreachy; sanctimonious
- —説明書き(written) explanation; explanatory label (e.g. in a museum); information sign (e.g. at a tourist spot); instructions (e.g. for a product)
- —伝記小説fictional biography; biographical novel
- —警察小説detective story; police novel
- —神婚説話tale of a marriage between a human and a god
- —身辺小説novel depicting the author's personal life; I-novel
- —政治小説political novel
- —新聞小説novel serialized in a newspaper
- —状況説明briefing; status report; explanation of the situation
- —聖剣伝説Seiken Densetsu (lit: Holy Sword Legend), a.k.a. "... of Mana" (RPG series)
- —説文解字Shuowen Jiezi (first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters; 121 CE)
- —白鯨伝説The Legend of the Moby Dick (television series)
- —英雄伝説Legend of Heroes (video game series)
- —犯罪小説crime novel; crime fiction
- —帝王神権説theory of the divine right of kings
- —取扱説明書user's manual; instruction manual; operation manual
- —書簡体小説novel written in epistolary style
- —王権神授説the theory of the divine right of kings
- —大陸移動説theory of continental drift