屁理屈

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屁 理 屈
へ
Hyōgai 		り
Grade: 2 		くつ
Grade: S
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spelling
へ理屈 (mazegaki)

Etymology

From 屁 (he, “fart”) +‎ 理屈 (rikutsu, “logic; reasoning”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) へりくつ [hèríꜜkùtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [he̞ɾʲikɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

屁(へ)理(り)屈(くつ) • (herikutsu) 

  1. sophistic logic; chop logic

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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