説く
N1とく toku
- to explain
- to advocate
- to preach
- to persuade
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
说明;劝说
Examples
- 彼を説きさとして非を認めた。I convinced him of his fault.他劝说对方承认了错误。
- 彼は説いて同意させた。I argued him into consent.他劝说对方同意了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('1aae8e7f19'); // 説く
{
"id": "1aae8e7f19",
"word": "説く",
"reading": "とく",
"romaji": "toku",
"meanings": [
"to explain",
"to advocate",
"to preach",
"to persuade"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5k",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1386420,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼を説きさとして非を認めた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}を{説|と}きさとして{非|ひ}を{認|みと}めた。",
"en": "I convinced him of his fault.",
"tatoeba_id": 95842
},
{
"ja": "彼は説いて同意させた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{説|と}いて{同意|どうい}させた。",
"en": "I argued him into consent.",
"tatoeba_id": 103090
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "3efe7530c4bfcd202770e1ce833909f3fcd4d86289aa788872f52412d28531e8",
"meanings": [
"说明",
"劝说"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼を説きさとして非を認めた。",
"zh": "他劝说对方承认了错误。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は説いて同意させた。",
"zh": "他劝说对方同意了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/1aae8e7f19",
"JMdict ent_seq 1386420; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "cb64465dca01615305be21cbfba563bd9344dc646e2aafc229c39422b6979353"
}
}