JLPT N1 • KANJI

paradoxical truth

Practice Question

🎉 Explanation

English Explanation

The correct reading is ぎゃくせつてきしんり, using the standard On'yomi for all kanji. 説 (せつ) is sometimes misread as てつ, and 理 (り) as じん, but these are incorrect for this compound. It means a paradoxical truth, a statement that seems contradictory yet is fundamentally true upon deeper reflection.

日本語解説

正しい読みは「ぎゃくせつてきしんり」で、全ての漢字が音読みです。説(せつ)をてつ、理(り)をじん、と誤読する例がありますが、これらは間違いです。矛盾しているように見えて、本質的には正しい事柄を指します。

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