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つじつまを合わせる辻褄を合わせる
つじつまをあわせる
1. [exp,v1]
▶ to make one's story to seem coherent
▶ to adjust one's story to fit the situation
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2126250 ばつを合わせる【ばつをあわせる】 1. to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2023-04-29 22:06:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2023-04-28 15:41:48  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
つじつまを合わせる	5752	44.5%
辻褄を合わせる	3574	27.7%
ばつを合わせる	20	0.2%

Mostly likely place to find the xref is in reference materials that list it as a synonym of this term, like this one:
https://kotowaza-dictionary.jp/k0912/

Google: bunch of hits for this term:
"つじつまを合わせる" site:twitter.com
Google: no hits for xref:
"ばつを合わせる" site:twitter.com
  Comments:
I'm breaking the reciprocal xref.  This term is actually somewhat common, the other term is relatively rare. (google books returns a fair number of results though, so it's not nonexistent).
  Diff:
@@ -16 +15,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2126250">ばつを合わせる</xref>
4. A 2016-11-30 22:02:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2016-11-30 19:27:53  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
G n-grams:
つじつまを合わせる	5752
辻褄を合わせる	3574
つじつまをあわせる	577
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>つじつまを合わせる</keb>
+</k_ele>
2. A 2010-08-10 12:16:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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