説明【せつめい】
explanation, exposition, description, account, caption, legend
説得【せっとく】
persuasion
小説【しょうせつ】
novel, story, (work of) fiction
説教【せっきょう】
sermon, preaching, homily, remonstration, scolding, lecturing
力説【りきせつ】
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.), stressing, insistence, arguing strongly (for, against)
遊説【ゆうぜい】
election tour, election campaign, stumping
社説【しゃせつ】
editorial, leading article, leader
論説【ろんせつ】
article, discourse, dissertation, (written) argument, commentary, editorial, leading article, leader
小説家【しょうせつか】
novelist, fiction writer
定説【ていせつ】
established theory, accepted opinion, accepted explanation
説明書【せつめいしょ】
(printed) instructions, manual, explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note), description
学説【がくせつ】
theory
推理小説【すいりしょうせつ】
mystery novel, detective novel, whodunit
一説【いっせつ】
one theory, one opinion, another theory
通説【つうせつ】
prevailing view, common opinion, commonly accepted theory
逆説【ぎゃくせつ】
paradox
新説【しんせつ】
new theory
私小説【ししょうせつ】
I-novel, novel narrated in the first person
自説【じせつ】
one's personal opinion
説明文【せつめいぶん】
explanatory note
