| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 小説 | しょうせつ | a novel |
| 説明 | せつめい | an explanation |
| 説明する | せつめいする | to explain |
| 自説 | じせつ | one's one view, opinion |
| 説 | せつ | an opinion, a view, a theory, a doctrine, a rumor |
| 説得する | せっとくする | to persuade (a person into doing) |
| 説く | とく | to explain, to state, to set forth, to preach |
| 小説家 | しょうせつか | a novelist, a story writer |
| 口説く | くどく | to talk someone into agreeing |
| 解説 | かいせつ | explanation, commentary |
| 事実は小説より奇也 | じじつはしょうせつよりきなり | Truth is stranger than fiction |
| 伝説 | でんせつ | tradition, legend, folklore |
| 冒険小説 | ぼうけんしょうせつ | adventure story, novel of adventure |
| 力説 | りきせつ | insistence, (major) emphasis, stress |
| 憶説 | おくせつ | hypothesis, speculation, surmise |
| 探偵小説 | たんていしょうせつ | detective story |
| 推理小説 | すいりしょうせつ | mystery or detective novel |
| 演説 | えんぜつ | speech, address |
| 社説 | しゃせつ | editorial, leading article |
| 説得 | せっとく | persuasion |
| 説明的妥当性 | せつめいてきだとうせい | explanatory adequacy |
| 説諭 | せつゆ | persuasion, convincing |
| 論説 | ろんせつ | editorial, dissertation |
| 遊説 | ゆうぜい | election tour, election campaign, stumping |