説法

See also: 說法 and 说法

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 説法 – see 說法 (“way of saying something; wording; version; explanation; view; opinion; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 說法).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
説	法
せつ > せっ Grade: 4	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
說法 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せっぽー [sèppóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) せっぽー [séꜜppòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞p̚po̞ː]

Noun

説(せっ)法(ぽう) • (seppō) ^{←せつぽふ (setupofu)^?}

expounding the teachings of Buddhism
preaching

Verb

説(せっ)法(ぽう)する • (seppō suru) ^{←せつぽふ (setupofu)^?}suru (stem 説(せっ)法(ぽう)し (seppō shi), past 説(せっ)法(ぽう)した (seppō shita))

to expound the teachings of Buddhism
to explain to others one's opinion

Conjugation

Conjugation of "説法する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	説法し	せっぽうし	seppō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	説法し	せっぽうし	seppō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	説法する	せっぽうする	seppō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	説法する	せっぽうする	seppō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	説法すれ	せっぽうすれ	seppō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	説法せよ¹ 説法しろ²	せっぽうせよ¹ せっぽうしろ²	seppō seyo¹ seppō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	説法される	せっぽうされる	seppō sareru
Causative	説法させる説法さす	せっぽうさせるせっぽうさす	seppō saseru seppō sasu
Potential	説法できる	せっぽうできる	seppō dekiru
Volitional	説法しよう	せっぽうしよう	seppō shiyō
Negative	説法しない	せっぽうしない	seppō shinai
Negative continuative	説法せず	せっぽうせず	seppō sezu
Formal	説法します	せっぽうします	seppō shimasu
Perfective	説法した	せっぽうした	seppō shita
Conjunctive	説法して	せっぽうして	seppō shite
Hypothetical conditional	説法すれば	せっぽうすれば	seppō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

“説法”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026