説明

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See also: 說明 and 说明

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 説明 – 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
説 明
せつ
Grade: 4 		めい
Grade: 2
kan'on
Alternative spelling
說明 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

説(せつ)明(めい) • (setsumei) 

  1. explanation
    世(よ)の中(なか)には説明(せつめい)の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

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of "説明する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 説明し せつめいし setsumei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 説明し せつめいし setsumei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 説明する せつめいする setsumei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 説明する せつめいする setsumei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 説明すれ せつめいすれ setsumei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 説明せよ¹
説明しろ² 		せつめいせよ¹
せつめいしろ² 		setsumei seyo¹
setsumei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 説明される せつめいされる setsumei sareru
Causative 説明させる
説明さす 		せつめいさせる
せつめいさす 		setsumei saseru
setsumei sasu
Potential 説明できる せつめいできる setsumei dekiru
Volitional 説明しよう せつめいしよう setsumei shiyō
Negative 説明しない せつめいしない setsumei shinai
Negative continuative 説明せず せつめいせず setsumei sezu
Formal 説明します せつめいします setsumei shimasu
Perfective 説明した せつめいした setsumei shita
Conjunctive 説明して せつめいして setsumei shite
Hypothetical conditional 説明すれば せつめいすれば setsumei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “せつ‐めい 【説明】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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