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[せつ()·めい()]
setsumei
noun, suru verb, no adjective

English Meaning(s) for 説明

noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. explanation; exposition

Definition and Synonyms for 説明

Explanation the act of explaining
Synonyms: 叙説, 弁明, 弁解, 注釈, 申し訳, 申し開き, 疎明, 繋辞, 能書, 解説, 解釈, 言い訳, 言い開き, 言い開く, 説明, 説示, 論説, 講義, 講説, 通解, 通釈, 釈明, 釈義, 陳弁
Explicate make plain and comprehensible
Synonyms: 説く, 説明
Account For give reasons for
Synonyms: 申し開らく, 説明
Clear Up make clear and (more) comprehensible
Synonyms: あぶり出す, 明らむ, 明らめる, 明らかにする, 明徴, 明示, 解明, 解き明かす, 解説, 説明, 釈明
Report to give an account or representation of in words
Synonyms: 名状, 書き表す, 言い表す, 記述, 語る, 説明, 述べる
Explain define
Synonyms: 解説, 説明
Represent be representative or typical for
Synonyms: 代理, 代表, 表す, 表す, 説明, 象る, 象徴
Explanation thought that makes something comprehensible
Synonyms: 解説, 説明
Account a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
Synonyms: 解説, 説明
Accounting a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes
Synonyms: 説明
Expounding a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
Synonyms: 解説, 説明
Explication a detailed explanation of the meaning of something
Synonyms: 解明, 解説, 説明
Elucidation an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
Synonyms: 解明, 解説, 説明
Answer For furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
Synonyms: 説明
Explanation making something plain or intelligible
Synonyms: 叙説, 弁明, 弁解, 注釈, 申し訳, 申し開き, 疎明, 繋辞, 能書, 解説, 解釈, 言い訳, 言い開き, 言い開く, 説明, 説示, 論説, 講義, 講説, 通解, 通釈, 釈明, 釈義, 陳弁

Meanings for each kanji in 説明

» rumor; opinion; theory
» bright; light

Categories 説明 is a member of

Inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
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Explicate make plain and comprehensible
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State express in words
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Declare state emphatically and authoritatively
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Be have the quality of being
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Intellection the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
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Statement a message that is stated or declared
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Account a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
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Interpretation an explanation that results from interpreting something
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Speech Act the use of language to perform some act
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Sample Sentences for 説明

I don't know how to demonstrate it, since it's too obvious!
Only afterward did he explain why he did it.
You're wasting your time with all this needless repetition so spare us the long-winded explanation.
Religion is a daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Would you explain it in more detail?

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