Words — 99 found
1. explanation; interpretation
がでんいんすい
我田引水
1. seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own fieldYojijukugo (four character compound)
だんしょうしゅぎ
断章取義
1. interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its contextYojijukugo (four character compound)
しゃくぎがく
釈義学
1. exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
2. study of biblical interpretation
かいぎ
解義
1. explanation (of the meaning); interpretationRare term
解義 【げぎ】
げぎ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
かいしゃくかいけん
解釈改憲
1. effecting de facto constitutional changes through creative interpretation of the existing constitution; reinterpretation of the constitution
けんきょうふかい
牽強付会
1. strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)Yojijukugo (four character compound)
牽強附会 【けんきょうふかい】
アレンジ
1. arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; takeFrom English “arrange”
2. arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
ぶし
ソーラン節
1. traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations