説明

See also: 說明 and 说明

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 說明 (“to explain; to account for; to illustrate; to specify; to show; to indicate; to mean; to prove; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 說明).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せつ
Grade: 4
めい
Grade: 2
kan’on
Alternative spelling
說明 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つめー [sètsúméé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [se̞t͡sɨᵝme̞ː]

Noun

(せつ)(めい) • (setsumei) 

  1. explanation
    ()(なか)には説明(せつめい)つかないことがある
    yo no naka ni wa setsumei no tsukanai koto ga aru
    In this world there are things with no explanation

See also

Verb

(せつ)(めい)する • (setsumei suru) suru (stem (せつ)(めい) (setsumei shi), past (せつ)(めい)した (setsumei shita))

  1. to explain
    器具(きぐ)使用方法(しようほうほう)説明(せつめい)する
    kigu no shiyō hōhō o setsumeisuru
    To explain how to use the device

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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