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小説 しょうせつ (n) novel; story 424
説 せつ (n,n-suf) theory 600
伝説 でんせつ (n) tradition; legend; folklore 810
解説 かいせつ (n,vs) explanation; commentary 864
説明 せつめい (n,vs) explanation; exposition 934
伝 つて (n) intermediary; good offices; connections; someone to trust 1277
伝 てん legend; tradition; life; biography; comment; communication 1277
伝える つたえる (v1) to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath 1405
伝統 でんとう (n) tradition; convention 1485
遺伝子 いでんし (adj-na,n) gene; genetic 3106
宣伝 せんでん (n,vs) propaganda; publicity 3130
伝わる つたわる (v5r) to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along 3226
伝承 でんしょう (n,vs) transmission; hand down (information); legend; tradition; folklore 3847
外伝 がいでん (n) supplementary biography; anecdote 3953
伝達 でんたつ (n) transmission (e.g. news); communication; delivery 5029
遺伝 いでん (adj-na,n,vs) heredity; inherent 5044
駅伝 えきでん (n) stagecoach; post horse 5159
説得 せっとく (n) persuasion 5428
説く とく (v5k) to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade 5700
一説 いっせつ (n) another report (opinion) 5759
諸説 しょせつ (n) opinion 6143
概説 がいせつ (n) general statement; outline 6353
演説 えんぜつ (n) speech; address 6472
仮説 かせつ (n) hypothesis; supposition; temporary; provisional; fictional 6513
伝導 でんどう (n,vs) conduction; transmission 7044
伝送 でんそう (n) transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion; propagation; delivery 7135
伝記 でんき (n) biography; life story 7601
列伝 れつでん (n) series of biographies 8431
自伝 じてん rotation; turning 8550
自伝 じでん (n) autobiography 8550
手伝う てつだう (v5u) to help; to assist; to take part in 8803
伝来 でんらい (adj-no,n) ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down 9205
学説 がくせつ (n) theory 9259
説話 せつわ (n) tale; narrative 9940
伝道 でんどう (n,vs) proselytizing; evangelism; missionary work 10323
異説 いせつ (n) different opinion 10549
通説 つうせつ (n) (obs) prevailing view; common opinion 10605
伝染 でんせん (n) contagion 10756
伝播 でんぱ (n,vs) transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination 11112
説教 せっきょう (n) propound; preach; sermon 11372
手伝い てつだい (n) help; helper; assistant 12060
伝授 でんじゅ (n,vs) initiation; instruction 13313
定説 ていせつ (n) established theory 13864
伝奇 でんき (n) romance (fiction) 14489
伝言 つてごと (n,vs) verbal message; rumor; word 14861
伝言 でんごん (n,vs) verbal message; rumor; word 14861
俗説 ぞくせつ (n) common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition 14938
論説 ろんせつ (n) editorial; dissertation 16546
言い伝え いいつたえ (n) tradition; legend 16730
図説 ずせつ (n) illustration; diagram 16880
評伝 ひょうでん (n) a critical biography 16983
秘伝 ひでん (n) secret; mystery; secret formula 17216
序説 じょせつ (n) introduction 17407
自叙伝 じじょでん (n) autobiography 18077
説法 せっぽう (n) a lecture; (Buddhist) sermon; preaching; moralizing 19044
言説 げんせつ (n) remark; statement 19375
伝法 でんぼう (adj-na,n) teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado 19534
伝法 でんぽう (adj-na,n) teaching Buddhism; rough person; bullying; ostentatious bravado 19534
社説 しゃせつ (n) editorial; leading article 19629
伝習 でんしゅう (n) learning 19861
自説 じせつ (n) one's personal opinion 20510
喧伝 けんでん (n,vs) widely talked about 20551
口伝 くでん (n) oral tradition; tradition; oral instruction 20854
口伝 こうでん (n) oral tradition; tradition; oral instruction 20854
正伝 せいでん (n) authentic biography 21039
伝言板 でんごんばん (n) message board 21314
口説く くどく (v5k) to seduce; to make a play 21530
伝令 でんれい (n) messenger; orderly; runner 21615
地動説 ちどうせつ (n) heliocentric (Copernican) theory 21889
伝馬 てんま (n) post horse 22057
家伝 かでん (n) family history (tradition) 22749
伝聞 でんぶん (n,vs) hearsay; rumor; report 22948
詳説 しょうせつ (n) detailed explanation 22992
お手伝い おてつだい (n,vs) maid; help 23186
逆説 ぎゃくせつ (n) paradox 23520
私小説 ししょうせつ (n) novel narrated in the first person 23854
私小説 わたくししょうせつ (n) novel narrated in the first person 23854
前説 ぜんせつ (n) former opinion 23854
風説 ふうせつ (n) rumor; gossip; hearsay 24080
伝搬 でんぱん (n,vs) transmission; propagation; spread 24217
伝票 でんぴょう (n) chit; sales slip; voucher 24217
伝う つたう (v5u) to go along; to walk along; to follow 24291
遊説 ゆうぜい (n,vs) election tour; election campaign; stumping 24495
直伝 じきでん (n) direct transmission (of mysteries or skill); initiation 24551
古伝 こでん (n) legend; tradition 24980
略伝 りゃくでん (n) biographical sketch 25224
天動説 てんどうせつ (n) Ptolemaic theory 26001
伝書鳩 でんしょばと (n) carrier pigeon; homing pigeon 26080
言い伝える いいつたえる (v1) to send word 26730
巷説 こうせつ (n) gossip; talk about town 26730
仏説 ぶっせつ (n) Buddha's teaching 26893
総説 そうせつ (n) review article; general remarks 27330
相伝 そうでん (n) inheritance 27433
力説 りきせつ (n,vs) insistence; (major) emphasis; stress 27703
経伝 けいでん (n) sacred texts 27801
免許皆伝 めんきょかいでん (n) initiation into the secrets (of an art) 27801
新説 しんせつ (n) new theory 29190
立志伝 りっしでん (n) success story 29190
皆伝 かいでん (n) initiation into an art or discipline 30688
小伝 しょうでん (n) biographical sketch 30832
人伝 ひとづて (n) hearsay; message 31088
性善説 せいぜんせつ (n) belief that human nature is fundamentally good 31648
伝え つたえ (n) legend; tradition 31648
伝奏 でんそう (n,vs) delivering a message to the emperor 31648
史伝 しでん (n) history and biography; historical material 32076
伝え聞く つたえきく (v5k) to learn by hearsay 32964
一子相伝 いっしそうでん (n) transmission of a trade secret from father to a son 33282
説き伏せる ときふせる (v1) to confute; to argue down 33830
所説 しょせつ (n) explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion 34761
伝家 でんか (n) heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition 34761
略説 りゃくせつ (n) outline; summary 34761
伝単 でんたん (n) leaflet 34955
口説き落とす くどきおとす (v5s) to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing 35357
謬説 びゅうせつ (n) fallacy; fallacious argument 35357
性悪説 せいあくせつ (n) the view of human nature as fundamentally depraved 35778
講説 こうせつ (n) explanation (by lecture) 35968
辻説法 つじせっぽう (n) street preaching 36169
伝手 つて (n) introducer; go-between; intermediary; influence; connection; "pull" 36169
誤伝 ごでん (n) misinformation 37130
流説 りゅうせつ (n) groundless rumor; false report 37405
流説 るせつ (n) groundless rumor; false report 37405
伝染病 でんせんびょう (n) infectious disease; contagious disease; epidemic 37706
以心伝心 いしんでんしん (n) telepathy; tacit understanding; communion of mind with mind; sympathy 38001
珍説 ちんせつ (n) novel idea; strange theory 38001
師伝 しでん (n) instruction from a master 38588
実説 じっせつ (n) true story 39227
口伝え くちづたえ (n) oral tradition; tradition; oral instruction 40263
説諭 せつゆ (n,vs) persuasion; convincing 41444
説経節 せっきょうぶし (n) sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen 42342
奥伝 おくでん (n) esoteric 42893
説経 せっきょう (n) (Buddhist) lecture on the sutras 42893
伝動 でんどう (n) transmission (of motive power); drive; gearing 42893
伝声管 でんせいかん (n) speaking tube; voice pipe 43447
憶説 おくせつ (n) hypothesis; speculation; surmise 44061
口説 くぜつ (n) lover's tiff 44061
詳伝 しょうでん (n) detailed biography 44061
説き明かす ときあかす (v5s) to explain; to solve; to make clear 44061
言伝 ことづて (n) declaration; hearsay 44709
邪説 じゃせつ (n) heretical doctrine 44709
伝馬船 てんません (n) large sculling boat 44709
持説 じせつ (n) one's cherished opinion 45436
叙説 じょせつ (n) explanation; interpretation 45436
俗伝 ぞくでん (n) popular belief or saying 46248
訛伝 かでん (n) mistaken account; miscommunication 46248
愚説 ぐせつ (n) foolish opinion; one's opinion 47205
再説 さいせつ (n) repeated explanation 47205
浮説 ふせつ (n) groundless rumor 47205
変説 へんせつ (n) change of opinion 47205
臆説 おくせつ (n) conjecture; hypothesis 48294
虚説 きょせつ (n) groundless rumor 48294