矛盾（むじゅん）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: contradiction
Example sentences
- 彼の話には矛盾がある。 — There's a contradiction in what he says.
- 行動と言葉が矛盾している。 — His actions contradict his words.
Idioms & proverbs containing “矛盾”
- 自己矛盾 (じこむじゅん) — self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
- 矛盾撞着 (むじゅんどうちゃく) — self-contradiction
- 前後矛盾 (ぜんごむじゅん) — self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
- 撞着矛盾 (どうちゃくむじゅん) — self-contradiction
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