りくつ – Vocabulary details

りくつ

Noun

1. theory; reason; logic

2. (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse; pretext

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sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water

to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext

彼かの女じょはりくつの上うえでしか貧びん乏ぼうを知しらない。

She knows poverty only in the abstract.

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