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つめいNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #311
1

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

Examples
私に規則を説明して下さい。
Please explain the rule to me.
っとくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #2275
1

persuasion

Examples
私は彼女に気楽にするようにと説得した。
I persuaded her to make herself comfortable.
んせつNoun~の Adj.Freq #3202
1

legend; folklore; tradition

Examples
その歌は伝説に由来する物だった。
The song descended from a legend.
ょうせつNounFreq #3302
1

novel; story; (work of) fiction

Examples
事実は小説よりも奇なり。
Fact is stranger than fiction.
トムは小説を読んでいる。
Tom is reading a novel.
っきょうNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #3978
1

sermon; preaching; homily

Examples
彼女に説教しても無駄である。
There is no use talking to her.
2

remonstration; scolding; lecturing

NounFreq #4557
1

Noun, used as a suffix

theory; doctrine

Examples
あなたがなんと言おうと、私はやはりそのが正しいと思う。
For all you say, I still believe in the truth of the theory.
2

opinion; view

3

rumour; rumor; gossip; hearsay

いせつNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #5267
1

explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

Examples
彼の解説がわかった人はほとんどいなかった。
Few people understood his comment.
得力っとくりょくNounFreq #5904
1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

Examples
彼の説明は説得力に欠けている。
His explanation is unconvincing.
TransitiveGodan verbFreq #6536
1

to explain; to preach; to advocate

Examples
あの男を説き伏せようとするのは、オオカミに道理を説いて聞かせるようなものだ。
You might as well reason with the wolf as try to persuade that man.
2

to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with; to urge (someone to do)

んぜつNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #7040
1

speech; address

Examples
我々は彼に演説を頼んだ。
We called upon him for a speech.
せつNounFreq #8924
1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

Examples
これらのデータはその仮説を支持している。
This data supports the hypothesis.
TransitiveGodan verbFreq #9051
1

to persuade; to urge; to coax; to solicit

2

to make advances (to); to seduce; to court; to woo; to make a play (for); to make a pass (at); to come on to; to hit on

Examples
それ、私を口説いてるの?
Are you making a pass at me?
ょうせつかNounFreq #13662
1

novelist; fiction writer

Examples
彼は、詩人ではなくて小説家だ。
He is not a poet but a novelist.
きせつNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #15605
1

emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

Examples
火星にはかつて原始的な生物が存在していたと彼は力説している。
He contends that primitive life once existed on Mars.
っせつNounFreq #24466
1

one theory; one opinion; another theory

Examples
君はこの一説の意味が理解できますか。
Can you get at the meaning of this passage?
明がつく明が付くせつめいがつくExpressionGodan verbFreq #13596
1

to explain adequately; to be accountable

Examples
旅行で使ったお金、全部説明がつきますか。
Can you account for all the money you spent on your trip?
都市伝としでんせつNounFreq #15861
1

urban legend

Examples
「くだらねえ都市伝説だろう」「でも、火のないところに煙は立たないというけどね」
"Probably just a stupid urban legend" "But they do say 'there's no smoke without fire', don't they?"
き伏せる伏せるきふせTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #24414
1

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

Examples
あの男を説き伏せようとするのは、オオカミに道理を説いて聞かせるようなものだ。
You might as well reason with the wolf as try to persuade that man.
明会つめいかいNounFreq #25951
1

information session; briefing; explanatory meeting

明書つめいしょNounFreq #27537
1

(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description

Examples
その説明書の意味がさっぱり分かりません。
I can't make head or tail of those directions.
くせつNounFreq #29807
1

theory

Examples
この学説は3部から成り立っている。
This theory consists of three parts.
ょせつNounFreq #32056
1

various opinions; various theories

2

various rumors (rumours)

っぽNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #34563
1

Buddhism

lecture; sermon; preaching

2

scolding; preaching; moralizing; moralising

ゃくせつてき~な Adj.Freq #35214
1

paradoxical

Examples
逆説的に言えば、彼は正しい。
Paradoxically, he is right.