説く

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
説
と
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
說く (kyūjitai)

Cognate with 解(と)く (toku).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "説く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
説く と​く [tóꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 説け と​け [tóꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 説かれる とかれ​る [tòkáréꜜrù]
Causative 説かせる とかせ​る [tòkáséꜜrù]
Potential 説ける とけ​る [tòkéꜜrù]
Volitional 説こう とこ​ー [tòkóꜜò]
Negative 説かない とか​ない [tòkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 説かなかった とか​なかった [tòkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 説きます ときま​す [tòkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 説いた と​いた [tóꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 説いて と​いて [tóꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 説けば と​けば [tóꜜkèbà]

Verb

説(と)く • (toku) godan (stem 説(と)き (toki), past 説(と)いた (toita))

  1. to explain
  2. to preach, to persuade

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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