Word Meaning 説伏せる

ときふせる tokifuseru

説伏せる is read as ときふせる (tokifuseru) and means to confute.

Meaning

English

to confute
to argue down
to persuade
to convince
to prevail on

Reading

Kana

ときふせる

Romaji

tokifuseru

Writing Variants

説き伏せる ときふせる tokifuseru

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 121459 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

説伏

せっぷく

persuasion

説き述べる

ときのべる

to explain

説き分ける

ときわける

to explain carefully or by making distinctions

説を立てる

せつをたてる

to put forward a theory

説付ける

ときつける

to persuade

説経節

せっきょうぶし

sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen

説明的妥当性

せつめいてきだとうせい

explanatory adequacy

説及ぶ

ときおよぶ

to mention

説教臭い

せっきょうくさい

preachy

伏せる

ふせる

to lie (one's body) face down

仮説を立てる

かせつをたてる

to build up a hypothesis

伏線を張る

ふくせんをはる

to foreshadow