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持つ もつ (v5t) (1) to hold; to carry; (2) to possess 95
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
支持 しじ (n,vs) support; maintenance 1546
維持 いじ (n,vs) maintenance; preservation 1753
保持 ほじ (n,vs) retention; maintenance; preservation 3299
所持 しょじ (n,vs) possession; owning 4498
持ち主 もちぬし (n) owner; proprietor 4730
気持ち きもち (n) feeling; sensation; mood 5028
説得 せっとく (n) persuasion 5428
持ち込む もちこむ (v5m,vt) to lodge; to take something into ..; to bring in 5469
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
持続 じぞく (n) continuation 8226
学説 がくせつ (n) theory 9259
持ち上げる もちあげる (v1) to raise; to lift up; to flatter 9284
持ち帰る もちかえる (v5r) to carry back or home; to take out (e.g. food) 9559
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
持ち合わせる もちあわせる (v1) to happen to have on hand or in stock 11376
受け持つ うけもつ (v5t) to take (be in) charge of 11633
併せ持つ あわせもつ (v5t) to own (something) as well 11860
持ち出す もちだす (v5s) to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs 11892
持参 じさん (n,vs) bringing; taking; carrying 12005
持てる もてる (exp,v1) to be well liked; to be popular 12270
金持ち かねもち (n) rich man 12519
持ち味 もちあじ (n) inherent flavor; distinctive characterisic 12638
手持ち てもち (n) holdings; goods on hand 12837
持ち もち (n,n-suf) (1) hold; charge; keep possession; in charge; (2) wear; durability; life; draw; (3) usage (suff) 13525
持ち上がる もちあがる (v5r) to lift; to happen; to occur; to come up; to turn up 13558
定説 ていせつ (n) established theory 13864
持ち歩く もちあるく (v5k) to carry 14818
俗説 ぞくせつ (n) common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition 14938
持ち前 もちまえ (n) one's nature; characteristic 15187
持ち込み もちこみ (n) bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink) 15239
持病 じびょう (n) chronic disease 16195
論説 ろんせつ (n) editorial; dissertation 16546
図説 ずせつ (n) illustration; diagram 16880
持久 じきゅう (n) endurance; persistence 16983
序説 じょせつ (n) introduction 17407
持ち回り もちまわり (n) rotation; by turns 17833
説法 せっぽう (n) a lecture; (Buddhist) sermon; preaching; moralizing 19044
持論 じろん (n) one's cherished opinion; pet theory 19107
堅持 けんじ (n,vs) holding on to; sticking to 19141
持ち駒 もちごま (n) a captured piece than can be reused (shogi); a person or object held in reserve; available means 19344
言説 げんせつ (n) remark; statement 19375
社説 しゃせつ (n) editorial; leading article 19629
持ち株 もちかぶ (n) stock holdings; one's shares 19922
持ち時間 もちじかん (n) amount of time one has 19961
受け持ち うけもち (n) charge (of something); matter in one's charge 20242
住持 じゅうじ (n) chief priest of temple 20473
自説 じせつ (n) one's personal opinion 20510
扶持 ふち (n) ration; stipend; allowance 20989
持ち去る もちさる (v5r) to take away; to carry away 21230
口説く くどく (v5k) to seduce; to make a play 21530
子持ち こもち (n) person with kid(s); parent 21649
持ち物 もちもの (n) one's property; personal effects 21743
地動説 ちどうせつ (n) heliocentric (Copernican) theory 21889
隠し持つ かくしもつ (v5t) to carry (something) under cover 22165
掛け持ち かけもち (n,vs) holding two or more positions concurrently 22804
持ち直す もちなおす (v5s) to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up 22804
詳説 しょうせつ (n) detailed explanation 22992
持ち越す もちこす (v5s) to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer 23295
持ち帰り もちかえり (n) takeout (ie. food) 23345
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
護持 ごじ (n,vs) defend and maintain; support; protection 24080
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
力持ち ちからもち (n) muscleman; strong man 24495
加持 かじ (n) faith-healing; incantation 24980
持ち運ぶ もちはこぶ (v5b) to carry; to bring (to a place) 25358
取り持つ とりもつ (v5t) to mediate; to entertain; to serve 26001
天動説 てんどうせつ (n) Ptolemaic theory 26001
持ち寄る もちよる (v5r) to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something) 26494
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
気持 きもち (n) feeling; sensation; mood 28866
持ち出し もちだし (n) an item carried out; provide money (oneself) 28975
新説 しんせつ (n) new theory 29190
持て余す もてあます (v5s) to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with 29316
気持ちよい きもちよい (adj) good feeling; feeling good 29851
長持ち ながもち (n,vs) long lasting; long wearing 29851
持ち逃げ もちにげ (n) make off with (something); abscond 30552
矜持 きょうじ (n) pride; dignity 31224
性善説 せいぜんせつ (n) belief that human nature is fundamentally good 31648
長持 ながもち (n) nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.) 31784
気持ちいい きもちいい (adj) good feeling; feeling good 32076
持ち合い もちあい (n) (1) unity; even matching; interdependence; (2) steadiness (of market price) 32964
太刀持ち たちもち (n) swordbearer 33111
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
持ち掛ける もちかける (v1) to offer a suggestion; to propose an idea 34955
持て囃す もてはやす (v5s) to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to make much of 34955
固持 こじ (n,vs) insistence (positive nuance); persistence; strong-willed 35139
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
持主 もちぬし (n) owner; proprietor 35357
謬説 びゅうせつ (n) fallacy; fallacious argument 35357
面持ち おももち (n) expression; look; countenance; face 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
辻説法 つじせっぽう (n) street preaching 36169
把持 はじ (n,vs) grasp; hold; grip 36169
持物 もちもの (n) one's property; personal effects 36396
持ち家 もちいえ (n) one's (own) house 36884
持ち場 もちば (n) job; station; position; post; route 37130
持ち分 もちぶん (n) share; holdings; interest 37405
持戒 じかい (n) strictly follow Buddhist precepts 37405
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
持ち崩す もちくずす (v5s) to ruin (degrade) oneself 38588
心持ち こころもち (adv,n) feeling; mood; somewhat; slightly 38888
実説 じっせつ (n) true story 39227
石持 いしもち (n) Blue drum (fish) 39571
持ち腐れ もちぐされ (n) unused possession 41444
身持ち みもち (n) conduct; behavior; pregnant 41444
説諭 せつゆ (n,vs) persuasion; convincing 41444
持ち合わせ もちあわせ (n) on hand; in stock 41904
持碁 じご (n) Go game resulting in tie or draw 41904
食い扶持 くいぶち (n) cost of one's food 41904
持ち回る もちまわる (v5r) to carry about 42342
持ち堪える もちこたえる (v1) to hold out 42342
説経節 せっきょうぶし (n) sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen 42342
手持ち無沙汰 てもちぶさた (adj-na,n) being bored or at loose ends 42893
説経 せっきょう (n) (Buddhist) lecture on the sutras 42893
捧持 ほうじ (n,vs) bearing; presenting; holding up (emperor's picture) 42893
憶説 おくせつ (n) hypothesis; speculation; surmise 44061
口説 くぜつ (n) lover's tiff 44061
持て成す もてなす (v5s) to entertain; to make welcome 44061
所帯持ち しょたいもち (n) married man or woman; housekeeping 44061
説き明かす ときあかす (v5s) to explain; to solve; to make clear 44061
邪説 じゃせつ (n) heretical doctrine 44709
腹持ち はらもち (n) feeling of fullness; slow digestion 44709
持説 じせつ (n) one's cherished opinion 45436
叙説 じょせつ (n) explanation; interpretation 45436