a. Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning; overly subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. Charles Sumner. [ 1913 Webster ]
[しのぶ, shinobu] (n) (1) (uk) Davallia mariesii (species of fern); (2) (See 軒忍) Lepisorus thunbergiana (species of fern); (3) (See 襲の色目) color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); (4) (abbr) (See 忍髷) ancient women's hairstyle; (5) (abbr) (See 忍摺) clothing patterned using the fern Davallia mariesii #3,315[Add to Longdo]
[てんじん, tenjin] (n) (1) (also pronounced てんしん) heavenly god; heavenly gods; (2) spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; (3) (See 天満宮) Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); (4) (col) (See 梅干し) pit of a dried plum; dried plum; (5) (abbr) (See 天神髷) tenjin hairstyle; (6) prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period); (P) #5,853[Add to Longdo]
[やつ(P);しゃつ(ok), yatsu (P); shatsu (ok)] (n) (1) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); (2) chivalrous man (c. Edo period); (3) (abbr) (See 奴豆腐) cubed tofu (often served cold); (4) (abbr) (See 奴凧) kite shaped like a footman; (5) (abbr) (See 奴頭) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; (6) enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (pn) (7) (arch) (derog) he; she; him; her #6,984[Add to Longdo]
[ma-garetto ; magareito ; magare-to] (n) (1) marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); (2) Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885) #7,754[Add to Longdo]
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