<entry id="2203956" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1566360</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>屁理屈</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>へ理屈</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>屁理窟</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>へりくつ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>sophism</gloss>
<gloss>chop logic</gloss>
<gloss>far-fetched argument</gloss>
<gloss>quibble</gloss>
<gloss>cavil</gloss>
<gloss>argument for argument's sake</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-05-30 20:54:27" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think this is a little clearer. It's not just about frivolous complaining.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daij, 中辞典
G n-grams:
屁理屈	200908
へ理屈	11751</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;へ理屈&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -12,0 +16,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;chop logic&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;far-fetched argument&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -14 +19 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;hair-splitting&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;cavil&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -16,2 +20,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;cavil&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;frivolous objections&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-05-31 06:47:22" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>ｇｇ５</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-04 03:50:38" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| 屁理屈　 | 200,908 | 86.5% |
| へ理屈　 |  11,751 |  5.1% |
| 屁理窟　 |     235 |  0.1% | &lt;- only in oukoku, it seems
| へりくつ |  19,351 |  8.3% |</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;屁理窟&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-04 15:43:23" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Probably not necessary to display 屁理窟.
HiddenForm へ理屈, 屁理窟</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-08-14 11:26:07" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Adding sK/sk forms.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
@@ -12 +13 @@
-&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>