言い掛かり (いいがかり)false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel

言い掛かり, its kanji, and other words that share them.Open this graph

Kanji in 言い掛かり

宣言せんげんdeclaration; proclamation
発言はつげんstatement; remark
言ういうto say; to utter
言わばいわばso to speak; so to call it
言葉ことばlanguage; dialect
証言しょうげんtestimony; (verbal) evidence
提言ていげんproposal; motion
言げんword; remark
切っ掛けきっかけchance; start
追っ掛けるおっかけるto chase; to run after
仕掛けしかけdevice; contrivance
呼び掛けよびかけcall; appeal
手掛かりてがかりclue; lead
掛け声かけごえshout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
呼び掛けるよびかけるto call out to; to hail
掛け金かけきんinstallment; instalment

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