説き伏せる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
說き伏せる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 説き (toki, to explain, the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of () (toku)) +‎ 伏せる (fuseru, to bend down)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きふせ [tòkífúséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) きふせる [tòkífúsérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞kʲiɸɯ̟se̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

()()せる • (tokifuserutransitive ichidan (stem ()() (tokifuse), past ()()せた (tokifuseta))

  1. to persuade, to convince
    Synonym: 説得する (settoku suru)
    両親(りょうしん)()()せて結婚(けっこん)する
    ryōshin o tokifusete kekkon suru
    persuade parents to get married

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN