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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
詳細 しょうさい (adj-na,n) detail; particulars 1016
細胞 さいぼう (n) cell (biology) 1376
細菌 さいきん (n) bacillus; bacterium; germ 4243
細かい こまかい (adj) (1) small; (2) fine; minute 4450
細い ほそい (adj) thin; slender; fine 5287
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
細長い ほそながい (adj) long and narrow 7146
学説 がくせつ (n) theory 9259
細部 さいぶ (n) details 9505
説話 せつわ (n) tale; narrative 9940
細分 さいぶん (n) divide into small portions 10403
異説 いせつ (n) different opinion 10549
通説 つうせつ (n) (obs) prevailing view; common opinion 10605
繊細 せんさい (adj-na,n) fine; nice; delicate; subtle 11328
説教 せっきょう (n) propound; preach; sermon 11372
細工 さいく (n) work; craftsmanship; tactics; trick 12197
細か こまか (adj-na,n) small; fine; detailed; stingy 12944
定説 ていせつ (n) established theory 13864
微細 びさい (adj-na,n) minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle 13980
俗説 ぞくせつ (n) common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition 14938
論説 ろんせつ (n) editorial; dissertation 16546
図説 ずせつ (n) illustration; diagram 16880
細々 こまごま (adv,n) in detail 17074
細々 ほそぼそ (adv) very narrow; poor 17074
細身 ほそみ (n) narrow; thin (sized); slender 17074
序説 じょせつ (n) introduction 17407
些細 ささい (adj-na,n) trivial; slight 17590
単細胞 たんさいぼう (n) single cell 18105
精細 せいさい (adj-na,n) detail 18127
明細 めいさい (adj-na,n) details; obvious 18762
説法 せっぽう (n) a lecture; (Buddhist) sermon; preaching; moralizing 19044
言説 げんせつ (n) remark; statement 19375
社説 しゃせつ (n) editorial; leading article 19629
細道 ほそみち (n) narrow path or lane 19756
零細 れいさい (adj-na,n) insignificant; trifling; paltry 20325
自説 じせつ (n) one's personal opinion 20510
口説く くどく (v5k) to seduce; to make a play 21530
地動説 ちどうせつ (n) heliocentric (Copernican) theory 21889
詳説 しょうせつ (n) detailed explanation 22992
細心 さいしん (adj-na,adj-no,n) careful; discrete; scrupulous; prudent 23235
逆説 ぎゃくせつ (n) paradox 23520
毛細血管 もうさいけっかん (n) capillary vessel; capillary 23799
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
細やか こまやか (adj-na,n) friendly 24154
細やか ささやか (adj-na) meagre; modest 24154
細目 さいもく (n) particulars; details; specified items 24217
細目 ほそめ (adj-na,n) narrow eyes; fine texture 24217
遊説 ゆうぜい (n,vs) election tour; election campaign; stumping 24495
細雪 ささめゆき (n) light snow fall; small snow flakes 25172
細見 さいけん (n) (visual) scrutiny; close inspection 25554
亜細亜 あじあ (uk) Asia 25849
天動説 てんどうせつ (n) Ptolemaic theory 26001
不細工 ぶさいく (adj-na,n) clumsy (work); poor shape; homely; plain 26319
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
細密 さいみつ (adj-na,n) detailed knowledge; finely detailed 28200
細則 さいそく (n) by-laws; detailed regulations 28866
新説 しんせつ (n) new theory 29190
事細か ことこまか (adj-na,n) detail 29962
毛細管 もうさいかん (n) capillaries 30433
性善説 せいぜんせつ (n) belief that human nature is fundamentally good 31648
極細 ごくぼそ superfine 32216
細切れ こまぎれ (n) small pieces 32216
仔細 しさい (n) reasons; circumstances; significance; particulars; hindrance; obstruction; interference 33830
説き伏せる ときふせる (v1) to confute; to argue down 33830
巨細 きょさい (adj-na,n) large and small matters; particulars; details; greatness and smallness; circumstances 34212
巨細 こさい (adj-na,n) large and small matters; particulars; details; greatness and smallness; circumstances 34212
細る ほそる (v5r) to get thin; to taper off 34381
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
小細工 こざいく (n) tricks; artfulness 35139
竹細工 たけざいく (n) bamboo work 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
細字 さいじ (n) small type or handwriting 35357
細字 ほそじ (n) small type or handwriting 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
先細り さきぼそり (n) dwindle; tapering off (away) 35968
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
細君 さいくん (n) (one's) wife 38888
細面 ほそおもて (n) slender face 38888
細腕 ほそうで (n) thin arm; slender means 38888
実説 じっせつ (n) true story 39227
心細い こころぼそい (adj) helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening 40263
細める ほそめる (v1) to make narrow 40619
細腰 さいよう (n) slender hips; slim waist 41444
細腰 ほそごし (n) slender hips; slim waist 41444
子細 しさい (n) reasons; circumstances; significance; particulars; hindrance; obstruction; interference 41444
紙細工 かみざいく (n) paperwork 41444
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
委細 いさい (n) details; particulars 42893
説経 せっきょう (n) (Buddhist) lecture on the sutras 42893
先細る さきぼそる (v5r) to taper off 42893
憶説 おくせつ (n) hypothesis; speculation; surmise 44061
口説 くぜつ (n) lover's tiff 44061
細波 さざなみ (n) (uk) ripple 44061
細民 さいみん (n) the poor 44061
細流 さいりゅう (n) streamlet; brooklet; rivulet 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
持説 じせつ (n) one's cherished opinion 45436
叙説 じょせつ (n) explanation; interpretation 45436
細微 さいび (adj-na,n) minute; meager; mean 46248
蝋細工 ろうざいく waxwork 46248
愚説 ぐせつ (n) foolish opinion; one's opinion 47205
再説 さいせつ (n) repeated explanation 47205
細緻 さいち (adj-na,n) minute; meticulous 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
角細工 つのざいく (n) horn carving 48294
虚説 きょせつ (n) groundless rumor 48294
高説 こうせつ (n) your opinion 48294
細大 さいだい (n) great and small; in detail; all 48294
細引 ほそびき (n) cord; rope 49657
細作り ほそづくり (adj-na,n) thinly made; slight build or stature 49657
細事 さいじ (n) trifle; minor detail 49657
細説 さいせつ (n) detailed explanation 49657
細筆 さいひつ (n) fine brush or pencil; small or fine handwriting 49657
細別 さいべつ (n) subdivision 49657
細螺 きさご (n) periwinkle 49657
細螺 きしゃご (n) periwinkle 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
ガラス細工 ガラスざいく (n) glasswork 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