理屈
N1りくつ rikutsu
- theory
- reason
noun
Chinese meanings
道理;理论
Examples
- 彼はその理屈がわからないほどばかではない。He is too wise not to see the reason.他还没笨到不懂那个道理。
- 彼女は理屈の上でしか貧乏を知らない。She knows poverty only in the abstract.她只在理论上了解贫穷。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7d5268e159'); // 理屈
{
"id": "7d5268e159",
"word": "理屈",
"reading": "りくつ",
"romaji": "rikutsu",
"meanings": [
"theory",
"reason"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1606240,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はその理屈がわからないほどばかではない。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はその{理屈|りくつ}がわからないほどばかではない。",
"en": "He is too wise not to see the reason.",
"tatoeba_id": 112302
},
{
"ja": "彼女は理屈の上でしか貧乏を知らない。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{理屈|りくつ}の{上|うえ}でしか{貧乏|びんぼう}を{知|し}らない。",
"en": "She knows poverty only in the abstract.",
"tatoeba_id": 86312
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "e83d937c4a9ca6d66a5c0b49c6cd25aae1bce6bb577d4ff62bed95ccee0aa3ee",
"meanings": [
"道理",
"理论"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はその理屈がわからないほどばかではない。",
"zh": "他还没笨到不懂那个道理。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女は理屈の上でしか貧乏を知らない。",
"zh": "她只在理论上了解贫穷。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/7d5268e159",
"JMdict ent_seq 1606240; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "1031246ddd23c5ae0ef7497a1a2770bcc73ba07c86b08bdb2ee37111ac6b1af6"
}
}