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
- —天皇機関説theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
- —説を立てるto put forward a theory
- —ラマルク説Lamarckism
- —貨幣数量説quantity theory of money
- —説明がつくto explain adequately; to be accountable
- —断続平衡説punctuated equilibrium (theory of evolutionary biology)
- —会社説明会company information session
- —地殻均衡説(theory of) isostasy
- —交互作用説interactionism
- —相互作用説interactionism
- —言語相対説theory of linguistic relativity
- —天変地異説catastrophism
- —突然変異説mutationism
- —神仏同体説kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)
- —本地垂迹説manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
- —統計的仮説statistical hypothesis
- —社会契約説social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
- —オペロン説operon theory (Jacob and Monod, 1961)
- —随伴現象説epiphenomenalism
- —来賓演説者guest speaker