言いがかり

いいがかりiigakari

noun

  1. false accusation
  2. trumped up-charge
  3. pretext
  4. picking a quarrel
  5. statement that cannot be retracted
  6. saying something one cannot take back

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences