How to say "persuade" in Japanese

• 口説くくどくCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers persuading by coaxing or urging someone persistently; often carries the nuance of courting or wooing, as when a man tries to win a woman over. Typical in romantic or persistent-appeal contexts.
• 説くとくJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers persuading by reasoning with someone or prevailing upon them through argument; also means to preach or advocate. Suits contexts where logic and explanation, rather than coaxing, do the persuading.

Use 「口説く」 for coaxing or winning someone over, often romantically or persistently; use 「説く」 for persuading through reasoning or argument, appealing to logic to prevail upon someone.

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• 口説くくどくto persuade
• 口説き落とすくどきおとすto persuade
• 説きつけるときつけるto persuade
• 説き勧めるときすすめるto persuade
• 説き伏せるときふせるto confute
• 言い聞かせるいいきかせるto tell
• 言い聞かすいいきかすto tell
• 申し聞かせるもうしきかせるto tell
• 説くとくto persuade
• 引きずるひきずるto influence