屁理屈

Reading

Kana: へりくつ

Romaji: herikutsu

Definition

noun

1

sophism; quibble; hair-splitting; argument for argument's sake; cavil; frivolous objections

Kanji

屁

Readings: ヒ、 へ、 おなら

Meanings: fart, passing gas

理

Readings: リ、 ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

屈

Readings: クツ、 かが.む、 かが.める

Meanings: yield, bend, flinch, submit

Example Sentence

屁理屈(へりくつ)ばかり並(なら)べて、お前(まえ)の言(い)ってること全然(ぜんぜん)筋(すじ)が通(とお)ってないよ。

➥All you do is string together a bunch of farfetched ideas. I can't understand a word of it.