Japanese

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
說く (kyūjitai)

Cognate with () (toku).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "説く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
説く [tóꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 説け [tóꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 説かれる かれ [tòkáréꜜrù]
Causative 説かせる かせ [tòkáséꜜrù]
Potential 説ける [tòkéꜜrù]
Volitional 説こう [tòkóꜜò]
Negative 説かない ない [tòkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 説かなかった なかった [tòkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 説きます きま [tòkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 説いた いた [tóꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 説いて いて [tóꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 説けば けば [tóꜜkèbà]

Verb

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() (tokugodan (stem () (toki), past ()いた (toita))

  1. to explain
  2. to preach, to persuade

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN