Moto 説: Opinion; Theory; ExplanationKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セツ、ゼイ
- Kun'yomi
- と(く)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 379 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セツ・ゼイ)
- 演説えんぜつspeech; address
- 説明せつめいexplanation; exposition
- 小説しょうせつnovel; (short) story
- 解説かいせつexplanation; commentary
- 説得せっとくpersuasion
- 伝説でんせつtradition; legend
- 力説りきせつinsistence; (major) emphasis
- 遊説ゆうぜいelection tour; election campaign
- 社説しゃせつeditorial; leading article
- 論説ろんせつeditorial; dissertation
- 小説家しょうせつかnovelist; fiction writer
- 定説ていせつestablished theory; accepted opinion
- 学説がくせつtheory
- 説明書せつめいしょ(printed) instructions; manual
- 推理小説すいりしょうせつmystery novel; detective novel
- 説教せっきょうsermon; preaching
- 一説いっせつone theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
- 仮説かせつhypothesis; supposition
- 俗説ぞくせつcommon saying; popular version
- 図説ずせつillustration; diagram
- 天動説てんどうせつPtolemaic theory; geocentric model
- 序説じょせつintroduction
- 新説しんせつnew theory
- 概説がいせつgeneral statement; outline
- 異説いせつdifferent view; alternative theory
- 私小説ししょうせつI-novel; novel narrated in the first person
- 自説じせつone's personal opinion
- 説せつtheory; doctrine
- 説得力せっとくりょくpersuasiveness; powers of persuasion
- 説明文せつめいぶんexplanatory note
- 説経せっきょうlecture on the sutras
- 説話せつわtale; narrative
- 逆説ぎゃくせつparadox
- 通説つうせつprevailing view; common opinion
- われは仮説をつくらずわれはかせつをつくらずI feign no hypotheses; hypotheses non fingo
- アジ演説アジえんぜつpropaganda speech; inflammatory speech
- アフリカ単一起源説アフリカたんいつきげんせつOut-of-Africa theory (positing a recent African origin for modern humans)
- アーサー王伝説アーサーおうでんせつArthurian legend; legend of King Arthur
- エルゴード仮説エルゴードかせつergodic hypothesis
- オペロン説オペロンせつoperon theory (Jacob and Monod, 1961)
- カントラプラスの星雲説カントラプラスのせいうんせつKant-Laplace nebular hypothesis
- ガイア仮説ガイアかせつGaia hypothesis; Gaia theory
- クローン選択説クローンせんたくせつclonal selection theory
- ゴシック小説ゴシックしょうせつgothic novel
- サピアウォーフの仮説サピアウォーフのかせつSapir-Whorf hypothesis
- ゼノンの逆説ゼノンのぎゃくせつZeno's paradoxes
- テレビ演説テレビえんぜつtelevised speech; TV address
- パンスペルミア説パンスペルミアせつpanspermia hypothesis
- ピカレスク小説ピカレスクしょうせつpicaresque novel
- ピン説明ピンせつめいpin-outs
- フロギストン説フロギストンせつphlogiston theory
Words that use a kun'yomi
Other readings
- 説法せっぽうlecture; sermon
- 辻説法つじせっぽうstreet preaching
- ケイタイ小説けいたいしょうせつcellphone novel
- ケータイ小説けいたいしょうせつcellphone novel
- サピア・ウォーフの仮説サピアウォーフのかせつSapir-Whorf hypothesis
- サピア＝ウォーフの仮説サピアウォーフのかせつSapir-Whorf hypothesis
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