説経

せっきょう

lecture on the sutras

経文

きょうもん

scriptural text

説経節

せっきょうぶし

sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen

法を説く

ほうをとく

to preach the truth

説明文

せつめいぶん

explanatory note

小説を書く

しょうせつをかく

to write a novel

三文小説

さんもんしょうせつ

dime novel

説話文学

せつわぶんがく

legendary literature, narrative literature

総説文献

そーせつぶんけん

Review Literature

無量義経

むりょうぎきょう

Sutra of Immeasurable Meanings

経験主義

けいけんしゅぎ

empiricism

義理を欠く

ぎりをかく

to fail in one's social duties

説く

とく

to explain, to advocate, to preach, to persuade

文治主義

ぶんじしゅぎ ぶんちしゅぎ

governing by law and reason rather than by military force

孫文主義

そんぶんしゅぎ

(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People

人文主義

じんぶんしゅぎ

humanism

人を見て法を説く

ひとをみてほうをとく にんをみてほうをとく

to suit one's speech to the audience

口説き文句

くどきもんく

chat-up line, pick-up line, (loving) words

義務的経費

ぎむてきけいひ

mandatory expense, required expenses