説とく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to explain; to preach; to advocate
The master explains as follows.
2. to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with; to urge (someone to do)
By reasoning with them like that, I somehow managed to win them over.
Kanji used
theory
Pitch accent
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く
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to preach the truth
to set forth; to put forward; to present for consideration; to explain the facts of life; to preach
to solve a mystery
Examples (5 in total)
The master explains as follows.
I persuaded my parents to let me study abroad.
He preached to us about the importance of good health.
By reasoning with them like that, I somehow managed to win them over.
And he advocated the necessity of keeping the hot water clean.