theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
menial; meanness; servility; abject
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
killing time; staving off boredom
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
servile submission; subservience
tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
quibble; pointless argument
day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)
indefatigability; indomitableness; with unremitting tenacity
bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow
one can give a plausible argument for anything
dorsiflexion; dorsal flexion
retroversion of the uterus; tipped uterus
hakama; man's formal divided shirt