理屈

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Chinese

to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
 
 bent; feel wronged
simp. and trad.
(理屈) 		理 屈

Pronunciation

Verb

理屈

  1. to be in the wrong

Synonyms

Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
理 屈
り
Grade: 2 		くつ
Grade: S
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
理窟 (dated)

Etymology

屈 is a daiyōji replacing 窟.

Originally from Chapter 4. Letters and Scholarship, A New Account of the Tales of the World by Liu Yiqing (南朝 宋，劉義慶，《世說新語·文學》).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

理(り)屈(くつ) • (rikutsu) 

  1. logic; reasoning
    理(り)屈(くつ)に合(あ)わない。
    Rikutsu ni awanai.
    It does not make sense.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kōetsu Satō, Eom Seogin (2009) 日中韓同字異義語小辞典, Tōkyō: Bensei Shuppan, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
理屈

Noun

理屈 • (igul) (hangeul 이굴)

  1. hanja form? of 이굴
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