屁理屈

Japanese
Kanji in this term
屁 理 屈
へ
Hyōgaiji		 り
Grade: 2		 くつ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) へり​くつ [hèríꜜkùtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [he̞ɾʲikɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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