説得力

Japanese

Kanji in this term
説	得	力
せつ > せっ Grade: 4	とく Grade: 5	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
說得力 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 説得(せっとく) (settoku, “persuade”) + 力(りょく) (ryoku, “power”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せっとく​りょく [sèttókúꜜryòkù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [se̞t̚to̞kɯ̟ᵝɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

説(せっ)得(とく)力(りょく) • (settokuryoku) ^{←せつとくりょく (setutokuryoku)?}

1. persuasiveness