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小説 しょうせつ (n) novel; story 424
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
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
学説 がくせつ (n) theory 9259
説話 せつわ (n) tale; narrative 9940
異説 いせつ (n) different opinion 10549
通説 つうせつ (n) (obs) prevailing view; common opinion 10605
説教 せっきょう (n) propound; preach; sermon 11372
定説 ていせつ (n) established theory 13864
俗説 ぞくせつ (n) common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition 14938
(adj-na,n) foolish; silly; stupid 15005
論説 ろんせつ (n) editorial; dissertation 16546
図説 ずせつ (n) illustration; diagram 16880
愚連隊 ぐれんたい (n) gang of young toughs 17407
序説 じょせつ (n) introduction 17407
説法 せっぽう (n) a lecture; (Buddhist) sermon; preaching; moralizing 19044
愚か おろか (adj-na,n) foolish; stupid 19344
言説 げんせつ (n) remark; statement 19375
社説 しゃせつ (n) editorial; leading article 19629
自説 じせつ (n) one's personal opinion 20510
愚痴 ぐち (adj-na,n) idle complaint; grumble 20635
口説く くどく (v5k) to seduce; to make a play 21530
暗愚 あんぐ (adj-na,n) (1) imbecility; feeblemindedness; (2) dark 21615
地動説 ちどうせつ (n) heliocentric (Copernican) theory 21889
詳説 しょうせつ (n) detailed explanation 22992
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
遊説 ゆうぜい (n,vs) election tour; election campaign; stumping 24495
愚か者 おろかもの (n) fool 25554
天動説 てんどうせつ (n) Ptolemaic theory 26001
愚者 ぐしゃ (n) fool; nitwit 26240
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
力説 りきせつ (n,vs) insistence; (major) emphasis; stress 27703
新説 しんせつ (n) new theory 29190
愚行 ぐこう (n) folly; foolish move 29962
性善説 せいぜんせつ (n) belief that human nature is fundamentally good 31648
愚鈍 ぐどん (adj-na,n) stupidity; silliness 32361
愚直 ぐちょく (adj-na,n) simple honesty; tactless frankness 33282
愚弄 ぐろう (n,vs) mockery; derision; ridicule 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
略説 りゃくせつ (n) outline; summary 34761
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
愚痴る ぐちる (v5r) to complain; to grumble 35577
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
衆愚 しゅうぐ (n) the vulgar masses 36169
辻説法 つじせっぽう (n) street preaching 36169
流説 りゅうせつ (n) groundless rumor; false report 37405
流説 るせつ (n) groundless rumor; false report 37405
珍説 ちんせつ (n) novel idea; strange theory 38001
愚民 ぐみん (n) ignorant people 38280
愚人 ぐじん (n) fool 38888
実説 じっせつ (n) true story 39227
愚考 ぐこう (n) foolish idea; one's humble opinion 40619
愚かしい おろかしい (adj) foolish; stupid 41039
愚図 ぐず (adj-na,n) dullard; indecisive person 41039
痴愚 ちぐ (n) imbecility; idiocy 41039
説諭 せつゆ (n,vs) persuasion; convincing 41444
愚劣 ぐれつ (adj-na,n) foolishness; stupidity; silliness 41904
愚兄 ぐけい (n) one's (foolish) elder brother 42342
愚策 ぐさく (n) inane plan 42342
愚昧 ぐまい (adj-na,n) stupid 42342
説経節 せっきょうぶし (n) sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen 42342
愚弟 ぐてい (n) one's (foolish) younger brother 42893
説経 せっきょう (n) (Buddhist) lecture on the sutras 42893
憶説 おくせつ (n) hypothesis; speculation; surmise 44061
口説 くぜつ (n) lover's tiff 44061
説き明かす ときあかす (v5s) to explain; to solve; to make clear 44061
愚物 ぐぶつ (n) fool 44709
愚問 ぐもん (n) foolish question 44709
邪説 じゃせつ (n) heretical doctrine 44709
大愚 たいぐ (n) great folly or fool 44709
凡愚 ぼんぐ (adj-na,n) common person; foolish commoner 44709
賢愚 けんぐ (n) the wise and the foolish 45436
持説 じせつ (n) one's cherished opinion 45436
叙説 じょせつ (n) explanation; interpretation 45436
愚挙 ぐきょ (n) foolish undertaking 46248
愚見 ぐけん (n) one's humble opinion 47205
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
愚作 ぐさく (n) poor work; rubbish 48294
愚息 ぐそく (n) my (foolish) son 48294
高説 こうせつ (n) your opinion 48294
頑愚 がんぐ (adj-na,n) obstinate and foolish 49657
愚案 ぐあん (n) foolish plan; one's plan 49657
愚妻 ぐさい (n) (hum) my (foolish) wife 49657
愚生 ぐせい (n) (hum) I 49657
愚僧 ぐそう (n) priest's humble reference to himself 49657
細説 さいせつ (n) detailed explanation 49657
説き付ける ときつける (v1) to persuade 49657
説伏 せっぷく (n) persuasion 49657
卓説 たくせつ (n) excellent opinion 49657
アジ演説 アジえんぜつ (n) propaganda speech; inflammatory speech 51560
クローン選択説 クローンせんたくせつ (n) clonal selection theory 51560
フロギストン説 フロギストンせつ (n) phlogiston theory 51560
ラマルク説 ラマルクせつ (n) Lamarckism 51560
悪漢小説 あっかんしょうせつ picaresque novel 51560
暗愚な人人 あんぐなひとびと dark souls 51560
闇愚 あんぐ (adj-na,n) (1) imbecility; feeblemindedness; (2) dark 51560
迂愚 うぐ (adj-na,n) stupid; ignorant 51560
英雄伝説 えいゆうでんせつ (n) heroic legendary tale 51560
演説家 えんぜつか speaker; orator 51560
演繹的説明法 えんえきてきせつめいほう deductive method 51560
応援演説 おうえんえんぜつ (n) campaign (vote-getting) speech (for a candidate) 51560
王権神授説 おうけんしんじゅせつ (n) the theory of the divine right of kings 51560
化学浸透圧説 かがくしんとうあつせつ (n) chemiosmotic hypothesis 51560
仮説を立てる かせつをたてる (exp) to build up a hypothesis 51560
貨幣数量説 かへいすうりょうせつ (n) quantity theory of money 51560
解散説 かいさんせつ rumor of dissolution 51560
解説者 かいせつしゃ (n) commentator 51560
解説書 かいせつしょ (n) (an instruction) manual; handbook (of roadsigns) 51560
快楽説 かいらくせつ (n) hedonism 51560
怪奇小説 かいきしょうせつ mystery novel 51560
街頭演説 がいとうえんぜつ street oratory; soapbox speech 51560
確説 かくせつ (n) established theory 51560
隔離説 かくりせつ (n) isolation theory 51560
勧説 かんぜい (n,vs) urging; persuasion 51560
勧善懲悪小説 かんぜんちょうあくしょうせつ (Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction 51560
甘い小説 あまいしょうせつ sentimental novel 51560
関説 かんせつ (n,vs) allusion; alluding 51560
帰無仮説 きむかせつ null hypothesis 51560
逆説的 ぎゃくせつてき (adj-na) paradoxical 51560
旧説 きゅうせつ (n) old theory; ancient ideas 51560
教養小説 きょうようしょうせつ bildungsroman 51560
郷土小説 きょうどしょうせつ local story 51560
曲説 きょくせつ (n) false theory 51560
愚意 ぐい (n) one's humble opinion 51560
愚計 ぐけい (n) foolish plan; one's plan 51560
愚図る ぐずる (v5r) to grumble; to be unsettled; to pick a quarrel 51560
愚図愚図 ぐずぐず (adj-na,adv,n) hesitating; lingering; complaining 51560