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
- —説教者preacher
- —千年説millenarianism; millennialism; chiliasm
- —童貞説immaculate conception; virgin birth
- —大演説harangue; fervent speech
- —有力説popular theory; widely-accepted theory
- —名演説excellent speech; masterly speech
- —細胞説cell theory
- —説明者briefer; elucidator; exponent; expositor; explainer
- —単性説monophysitism (theology)
- —仮現説docetism (theology)
- —風水説feng shui; fengshui; feng shui tradition
- —小説化novelization; turning into a novel
- —直説法indicative mood
- —伝説的legendary; folkloric; traditional
- —音義説theory that each sound in Japanese is associated with a certain meaning
- —五行説theory of the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); five phases theory; wuxing theory
- —兼愛説universal love (concept in Mohism)
- —活力説vitalism
- —甘い小説sentimental novel
- —帰無仮説null hypothesis