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
演説【えんぜつ】
speech, address
解説【かいせつ】
explanation, commentary, exposition, elucidation
口説く【くどく】
to persuade, to urge, to coax, to solicit, to make advances (to), to seduce, to court, to woo, to make a play (for), to make a pass (at), to come on to, to hit on
仮説【かせつ】
hypothesis, supposition, assumption, tentative theory
社説【しゃせつ】
editorial, leading article, leader
学説【がくせつ】
theory
説得力【せっとくりょく】
persuasiveness, powers of persuasion, cogency
逆説【ぎゃくせつ】
paradox
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
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
序説【じょせつ】
introduction
説明書【せつめいしょ】
(printed) instructions, manual, explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note), description
推理小説【すいりしょうせつ】
mystery novel, detective novel, whodunit
