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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
起こる おこる (v5r) to occur; to happen 1107
起こす おこす (v5s) to raise; to cause; to wake someone 1259
起点 きてん (n) starting point 1418
起きる おきる (v1) to get up; to rise 2010
起源 きげん (n) origin; beginning; rise 2644
起用 きよう (n) appointment; promotion 2787
引き起こす ひきおこす (v5s) to cause 3881
起動 きどう (n,vs) startup; starting (e.g. engine, computer) 5252
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
起工 きこう (n) setting to work 7336
蜂起 ほうき (n) uprising; revolt 7897
提起 ていき (n) bring suit; file a claim; raise a question 7914
起訴 きそ (n) prosecution; indictment 8184
起因 きいん (n) cause 8262
突起 とっき (n) protuberance 9129
学説 がくせつ (n) theory 9259
説話 せつわ (n) tale; narrative 9940
縁起 えんぎ (n) omen 10396
巻き起こす まきおこす (v5s) to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy) 10486
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
隆起 りゅうき (n) protuberance; projection; rising 13250
再起 さいき (n) comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (gram) 13740
定説 ていせつ (n) established theory 13864
起伏 きふく (n) undulation 14261
起業 きぎょう (n) starting a business; promotion of enterprise 14587
起草 きそう (n,vs) drafting; drawing up a bill 14938
俗説 ぞくせつ (n) common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition 14938
喚起 かんき (n) evocation 14959
励起 れいき (n) (electrical) excitation 15925
想起 そうき (n,vs) remembering; recollection; recall 16365
論説 ろんせつ (n) editorial; dissertation 16546
起爆 きばく (n) exploding 16614
図説 ずせつ (n) illustration; diagram 16880
発起人 ほっきにん (n) originator; promoter 17127
序説 じょせつ (n) introduction 17407
決起 けっき (n,vs) jump to one's feet; stand up against; rising to action 18105
勃起 ぼっき (n,vs) (male) erection; standing erect; stiffening 18406
説法 せっぽう (n) a lecture; (Buddhist) sermon; preaching; moralizing 19044
起す おこす (io) (v5s) to raise; to cause; to wake someone 19235
言説 げんせつ (n) remark; statement 19375
社説 しゃせつ (n) editorial; leading article 19629
起立 きりつ (n,vs) standing up 20278
自説 じせつ (n) one's personal opinion 20510
起き上がる おきあがる (v5r) to rise; to erect; to get up 21314
起算 きさん (n) starting to count 21530
口説く くどく (v5k) to seduce; to make a play 21530
起工式 きこうしき (n) groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony 21649
地動説 ちどうせつ (n) heliocentric (Copernican) theory 21889
奮起 ふんき (n,vs) stirring; rousing oneself 22341
呼び起こす よびおこす (v5s) to call (to mind); to wake 22385
起電 きでん (n) generation of electricity 22749
詳説 しょうせつ (n) detailed explanation 22992
早起き はやおき (n) early rising 23088
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
縁起物 えんぎもの (n) talisman; lucky charm 24029
風説 ふうせつ (n) rumor; gossip; hearsay 24080
掘り起こす ほりおこす (v5s) to dig up 24217
生起 せいき (n,vs) take place; occurrence; happen 24363
遊説 ゆうぜい (n,vs) election tour; election campaign; stumping 24495
起床 きしょう (n) rising; getting out of bed 24699
起死回生 きしかいせい (n) revival of the dead; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation 24777
発起 ほっき (n) proposal; resolution 24915
起つ たつ (v5t) to rise up; to initiate (political) action 25286
惹起 じゃっき (n,vs) bringing about; cause; provocation 25767
天動説 てんどうせつ (n) Ptolemaic theory 26001
起原 きげん (n) origin; beginning; rise 26648
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
思い起こす おもいおこす (v5s) to recall; to remember 27433
力説 りきせつ (n,vs) insistence; (major) emphasis; stress 27703
興起 こうき (n) rise; ascendency; aroused energy; high-spirited action 28567
寝起き ねおき (n) ability to wake up 28567
躍起 やっき (adj-na,n) desperation; eagerness 29086
起承転結 きしょうてんけつ (n) introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry) 29190
新説 しんせつ (n) new theory 29190
起請文 きしょうもん (n) (historical) written vow to the gods 29316
沸き起こる わきおこる (v5r) to burst; to arise 29519
起債 きさい (n) issuing of bonds 30308
起居 ききょ (n) behavior; one's daily life 30688
起案 きあん (n) drafting 31088
性善説 せいぜんせつ (n) belief that human nature is fundamentally good 31648
説き伏せる ときふせる (v1) to confute; to argue down 33830
起毛 きもう (n) nap raising 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
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
起請 きしょう (n) vow 36396
起筆 きひつ (n) beginning to write 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
起稿 きこう (n) drafting 38280
引き起す ひきおこす (v5s) to cause 39227
実説 じっせつ (n) true story 39227
起重機 きじゅうき (n) crane; derrick 41039
七転び八起き ななころびやおき (n) the vicissitudes of life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures 41039
飛び起きる とびおきる (v1) to jump up to one's feet 41039
起き抜け おきぬけ (n) first thing after rising 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
継起 けいき (n,vs) occurring in succession 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
共起 きょうき (n) cooccurrence 44709
邪説 じゃせつ (n) heretical doctrine 44709
振起 しんき (n) encouragement; stimulation 44709
起臥 きが (n) daily life 45436
起句 きく (n) opening line; opening line of a (Chinese) poem 45436
持説 じせつ (n) one's cherished opinion 45436
叙説 じょせつ (n) explanation; interpretation 45436
抱き起こす だきおこす (v5s) to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up 45436
朝起き あさおき (n) early rising 46248
奮い起こす ふるいおこす (v5s) to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up 46248
縁起直し えんぎなおし (n) change of fortune; trying to change one's luck 47205
愚説 ぐせつ (n) foolish opinion; one's opinion 47205
再説 さいせつ (n) repeated explanation 47205
七転八起 しちてんはっき (n) the vicissitudes of life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures 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
高説 こうせつ (n) your opinion 48294
蹶起 けっき (n,vs) jump to one's feet; stand up against; rising to action 48294
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