[りゆう, riyuu] (n) reason; pretext; motive; (P) #445
[だし(P);ダシ, dashi (P); dashi] (n) (1) (uk) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp); (2) (出し only) pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man; (P) #1174
[いわく, iwaku] (n) (1) pretext; history; past; story; (n-adv) (2) according to ...; ... says #5074
[たて, tate] (n) shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; (P) #6577
[めいもく(P);みょうもく, meimoku (P); myoumoku] (n, adj-no) (1) name; title; appellation; (something) nominal; (2) (under the) pretext (of); pretense; (P) #8989
[いんねん(P);いんえん, innen (P); in'en] (n) (1) { Buddh } hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things); (2) fate; destiny; (3) connection; origin; (4) pretext; (P) #15303
[いんねんをつける, innenwotsukeru] (exp, v1) to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
[かたく, kataku] (n, vs) pretext; pretense; pretence
[なにかというと, nanikatoiuto] (exp) on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
[よそえる, yosoeru] (v1) (1) (uk) to compare; to liken; (2) to use as a pretext
[いいがかり, iigakari] (n) false accusation; pretext; commitment
[こうじつ, koujitsu] (n) excuse; pretext; (P)
[ことよせて, kotoyosete] (exp) on the plea of; under the pretext of
[じへい, jihei] (n) pretext; excuse
[だしにする, dashinisuru] (exp, vt, vs-i) to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something
[だしにつかう, dashinitsukau] (exp, v5u) to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something
[ていよくことわる, teiyokukotowaru] (exp, v5r) to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely
[かこつけ, kakotsuke] (n) (uk) pretext; excuse
[かこつける, kakotsukeru] (v1, vt) to use as an excuse; to pretend that; to use something as an excuse; to make something the pretext (for)
[たくげん, takugen] (n) pretext; excuse; plea
[かずける;かづける, kazukeru ; kadukeru] (v1) (1) (uk) (arch) to place a hat, etc. on someone's head; (2) to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir; (3) to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else; (4) to use something as an excuse or a pretext
[びょうきにかこつけて, byoukinikakotsukete] (exp) under the pretext of ill health
[つけたり, tsuketari] (n) addition; pretext
[べんかい, benkai] (n, vs, adj-no) justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse; (P)