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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
逆 ぎゃく (adj-na,n) reverse; opposite 953
逆転 ぎゃくてん (n) (sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball) 3820
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
逆襲 ぎゃくしゅう (n,vs) counterattack 5962
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
反逆 はんぎゃく (n) treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection 8895
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
可逆 かぎゃく (n) reversible 14861
俗説 ぞくせつ (n) common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition 14938
逆手 ぎゃくて (n) unexpected twist 15803
逆手 さかて (n) an underhand or backhand grip 15803
逆さ さかさ (n) reverse; inversion; upside down 15823
逆らう さからう (v5u) to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy 16265
論説 ろんせつ (n) editorial; dissertation 16546
図説 ずせつ (n) illustration; diagram 16880
序説 じょせつ (n) introduction 17407
逆行 ぎゃっこう (n,vs) adverse; go backward; retrograde 17484
逆流 ぎゃくりゅう (n) counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood) 18621
説法 せっぽう (n) a lecture; (Buddhist) sermon; preaching; moralizing 19044
逆境 ぎゃっきょう (n) adversity 19107
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
大逆 たいぎゃく (n) high treason 20712
大逆 だいぎゃく (n) high treason 20712
口説く くどく (v5k) to seduce; to make a play 21530
逆上 ぎゃくじょう (n,vs) frenzy; distraction 21615
逆数 ぎゃくすう (n) reciprocal number 21889
地動説 ちどうせつ (n) heliocentric (Copernican) theory 21889
逆恨み さかうらみ (n) unjustified resentment through misunderstanding 22057
逆鱗 げきりん (n) imperial wrath 22212
逆さま さかさま (adj-na,adj-no,n) inversion; upside down 22528
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
不可逆 ふかぎゃく (adj-na,n) irreversible 23966
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
逆立ち さかだち (n) handstand; headstand 24980
逆算 ぎゃくさん (n,vs) count; calculate back 25286
天動説 てんどうせつ (n) Ptolemaic theory 26001
巷説 こうせつ (n) gossip; talk about town 26730
逆風 ぎゃくふう (n) head wind; adverse wind 26893
仏説 ぶっせつ (n) Buddha's teaching 26893
総説 そうせつ (n) review article; general remarks 27330
逆戻り ぎゃくもどり (n) retrogression; reversal; relapse 27617
力説 りきせつ (n,vs) insistence; (major) emphasis; stress 27703
新説 しんせつ (n) new theory 29190
叛逆 はんぎゃく (n) treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection 29736
逆立つ さかだつ (v5t) to stand up; to oppose 29851
逆賊 ぎゃくぞく (n) rebel; traitor; insurgent 30195
逆光 ぎゃっこう (n) (abbr) backlighting 30308
性善説 せいぜんせつ (n) belief that human nature is fundamentally good 31648
逆立てる さかだてる (v1) to ruffle (up) 33462
逆順 ぎゃくじゅん (n) reverse order; following a contrary path 33830
説き伏せる ときふせる (v1) to confute; to argue down 33830
逆撫で さかなで (n,vs) rubbing someone up the wrong way 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
逆用 ぎゃくよう (n,vs) abuse; misuse; taking advantage of 36620
逆臣 ぎゃくしん (n) treacherous retainer 36884
悪逆 あくぎゃく (adj-na,n) treason; treachery; atrocity 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
珍説 ちんせつ (n) novel idea; strange theory 38001
逆接 ぎゃくせつ (n) contradictory conjunction (but, however, etc.) 38280
実説 じっせつ (n) true story 39227
逆落し さかおとし (n) plunging or dropping an object headfirst (down a precipice) 39920
説諭 せつゆ (n,vs) persuasion; convincing 41444
逆光線 ぎゃっこうせん (n) backlight 41904
説経節 せっきょうぶし (n) sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen 42342
逆縁 ぎゃくえん (n) (Buddhism) bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist; older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child 42893
逆修 ぎゃくしゅ (n) (Buddhism) holding a memorial service for oneself; an older person conducting a memorial service for a deceased, younger person 42893
逆徒 ぎゃくと (n) rebel; traitor 42893
説経 せっきょう (n) (Buddhist) lecture on the sutras 42893
逆巻く さかまく (v5k) surging water or waves 43447
順逆 じゅんぎゃく (n) right and wrong; loyalty and treason; obedience and disobedience 43447
憶説 おくせつ (n) hypothesis; speculation; surmise 44061
逆さ言葉 さかさことば (n) word said backwards; word of opposite meaning 44061
逆茂木 さかもぎ (n) abatis 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
逆心 ぎゃくしん (n) treachery 44709
逆様 さかさま (adj-na,adj-no,n) inversion; upside down 44709
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
逆子 さかご (n) breech (foot) presentation; agrippa 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
逆夢 さかゆめ (n) a dream which is contradicted by reality 48294
虚説 きょせつ (n) groundless rumor 48294
高説 こうせつ (n) your opinion 48294
莫逆 ばくぎゃく (n) cordial relations 48294
莫逆 ばくげき (n) cordial relations 48294
逆児 さかご (n) baby born feet (or buttocks) first; breech birth 49657
逆上せる のぼせる (v1) to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to become conceited 49657
逆浪 ぎゃくろう (n) choppy seas 49657
逆浪 さかなみ (n) choppy seas 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
悪逆無道 あくぎゃくむどう (adj-na) treason; treachery; atrocity 51560
一打逆転 いちだぎゃくてん a complete turnabout via a single blow 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
可逆機関 かぎゃくきかん (n) reversible engine 51560
可逆性 かぎゃくせい (n) reversibility 51560
可逆電池 かぎゃくでんち (n) reversible cell 51560
可逆反応 かぎゃくはんのう reversible reaction 51560
可逆変化 かぎゃくへんか (n) reversible change 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