説明

せつめい

explanation

Mnemonic

Somebody is going to have to sit down and set せつ this out for me めい, because this grammar page has not done it: せつめい.

Built from

説

explain, theory

言 speech on the left, worked at until the sense comes loose.

明

bright, next

日 sun + 月 moon

Words sharing these kanji

明日 tomorrow 明るい bright 明らか clear, obvious 証明 proof, evidence

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