盾

Meaning

盾 centers on a protective barrier: a physical shield or escutcheon, and by extension a pretext used as a defensive cover.

• 盾たて
  N1

  shield; buckler; escutcheon

• 矛盾むじゅん
  N2

  contradiction; inconsistency

• 後ろ盾うしろだて

  backing; support; backer; supporter; patron; sponsor

• 人間の盾にんげんのたて

  human shield

• 円盾まるたて

  round shield; buckler

• 前後矛盾ぜんごむじゅん

  self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

• 名辞矛盾めいじむじゅん

  contradiction in terms

• 形容矛盾けいようむじゅん

  contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

• 撞着矛盾どうちゃくむじゅん

  self-contradiction

• 無矛盾性むむじゅんせい

  consistency (of an axiomatic system)

• 相矛盾あいむじゅん

  mutually contradictory

• 盾に取るたてにとる

  to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse; to use as grounds (for); to use to one's advantage

• 盾の両面を見よたてのりょうめんをみよ

  look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield

• 盾状たてじょう

  shield shape

• 矛盾データむじゅんデータ

  inconsistent data

• 矛盾原理むじゅんげんり

  principle of contradiction; law of contradiction

• 矛盾律むじゅんりつ

  law of contradiction

• 矛盾性むじゅんせい

  contradiction; inconsistency

• 矛盾撞着むじゅんどうちゃく

  self-contradiction

• 矛盾語法むじゅんごほう

  oxymoron

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