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詭弁を弄する (きべんをろうする) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

詭き弁べんを弄ろうする

Meanings

1

expression, suru verb (special)

use sophistry; resort to sophistry

Refers to using clever but misleading arguments; often implies intentional deception or fallacious reasoning.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの間ま違ちがいを認みとめず、詭き弁べんを弄ろうしてごまかそうとした。
He wouldn't admit his mistake and tried to cover it up by using sophistry.
その政

せい

治じ

家か

は

質しつ

問もん

に

直ちょく

接せつ

答こた

え

ず

、

詭き

弁べん

を

弄ろう

する

ばかり

だっ

た

。

The politician didn't answer the question directly and just resorted to sophistry.

Kanji

詭lie, deceive
弁valve, petal, braid
弄play with, tamper, trifle with

Similar words

詭き弁べん
詭弁 is the noun 'sophistry' or 'fallacious argument'; 詭弁を弄する is the verbal phrase meaning 'to use sophistry'.
屁へ理り屈くつ
屁理屈 is a more colloquial term for 'quibbling' or 'specious argument', while 詭弁を弄する is more formal and often implies deliberate deception.

Etymology

詭弁 (sophistry) + を + 弄する (to play with, to toy with). The verb 弄する is a literary suru-verb meaning 'to trifle with' or 'to make a show of', giving the phrase a nuance of using sophistry in a manipulative or ostentatious manner.