理屈

Meanings

1. Noun

   theory; reason; logic

2. Noun

   (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse; pretext

In Spanish

1. teoría; razón; razonamiento; pretexto; excusa

Kanji in this word

• 理
• 屈

Example sentences

• 彼女の理屈には全く面食らった。

  I was completely taken aback by her reasoning.

  Quedé completamente desconcertado por su razonamiento.

  Tatoeba #93856(opens in a new tab)

• 彼の説明はまったく理屈に合わない。

  His explanation doesn't make sense at all.

  Su explicación no tiene sentido en absoluto.

  Tatoeba #116663(opens in a new tab)

• 彼女かのじょは理屈りくつの上うえでしか貧乏びんぼうを知しらない。

  She knows poverty only in the abstract.

  Tatoeba #86312(opens in a new tab)

• 彼かれはその理屈りくつがわからないほどばかではない。

  He is too wise not to see the reason.

  Tatoeba #112302(opens in a new tab)