説く

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

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

Cognate with () (toku).

Pronunciation

  • 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

() • (toku) godan (stem () (toki), past ()いた (toita))

  1. to explain
  2. to preach, to persuade

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  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
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