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説
1
novel; story; (work of) fiction
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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.
1
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
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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.
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speech; address
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我々は彼に演説を頼んだ。
We called upon him for a speech.
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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
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これらのデータはその仮説を支持している。
This data supports the hypothesis.
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to persuade; to urge; to coax; to solicit
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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
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それ、私を口説いてるの？
Are you making a pass at me?
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novelist; fiction writer
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彼は、詩人ではなくて小説家だ。
He is not a poet but a novelist.
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emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
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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.
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urban legend
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「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?"
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one theory; one opinion; another theory
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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?
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mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
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この推理小説はまだ半分ぐらいしか読んでいない。
I am halfway through this detective story.
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to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
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トムはメアリーを口説きおとすことができなかった。メアリーはトムのデートの要求を突っぱねたから。
Tom couldn't make the grade with Mary; she refused him when he asked her for a date.
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one's personal opinion
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誰がなんと言おうと彼女は自説を曲げない。
She will not budge an inch no matter what anyone says.