| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | explain adequately | 説明が付く |
| gen. | explain adequately | 説明がつく |
| gen. | explain away | 言抜ける |
| gen. | explain away | 言いくるめる (e.g. unpleasant evidence) |
| gen. | explain away | 言逃れる |
| gen. | explain away | 言い逃れる |
| gen. | explain away | 言い抜ける |
| gen. | explain away | 言い包める (e.g. unpleasant evidence) |
| gen. | explain away | 丸める ichi1 news2 nf41 |
| gen. | explain carefully or by making distinctions | 説き分ける |
| gen. | explain clearly | 教えさとす |
| gen. | explain clearly | 教え諭す |
| gen. | explain in an easy-to-understand manner | 言諭す |
| gen. | explain in an easy-to-understand manner | 言い諭す |
| gen. | explain or describe a situation or matter in greatest details | 委曲を尽くす |
| gen. | explain plainly | 噛み砕く |
| gen. | explain plainly | 噛砕く |
| gen. | explain plainly | かみ砕く |
| comp., MS | Explain text | 説明 (Help text displayed when viewing the properties of most Group Policy settings, せつめい) |
| gen. | explain the facts of life | 世に説く |
| gen. | explain the meaning of a sutra | 経文の義を説く |
| gen. | explain the situation | 事情を話す |
| gen. | explain well | 言い熟す |
| gen. | explain well | 言いこなす |
| gen. | n kanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana | 振り漢字 |