Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)logical

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue

Nounthesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) · to argue; to dispute · to take into consideration; to make an issue of

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbdiscussion; argument; debate

Nouncontroversialist; polemic; disputant

Noungrounds of an argument

Nounpoint of an argument; drift of an argument

Nounadvocate; disputant; debater · (present) writer; author

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbarticle; discourse; dissertation; (written) argument; commentary · editorial; leading article; leader

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbattle of words; debate; argument; dispute

Nountone (of argument); tenor; drift

Nounpoint in question (at issue)

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbcomment; criticism; critique; review

Nounlogic

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbprosecutor's closing argument

Ichidan verb - zuru verb, Transitive verbto discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) · to argue; to dispute · to take into consideration; to make an issue of

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto discuss fully; to discuss from every angle; to deal exhaustively with (an issue)

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)demonstrative

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)discursive (i.e. proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than intuition)

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)the point of an argument being clearly stated; the tenor of an argument being well-reasoned

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)the point of an argument being unclear; the tenor of an argument being poorly reasoned

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixargument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate · theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine · essay; treatise; comment

Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verbto discuss · to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbdiscuss thoroughly; deal exhaustively with

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbstudy (of); discussion; discourse; inquiry; research article; academic paper

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbproof; certain truth; demonstration; argumentation

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbconclusion; verdict

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbdefeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbjudgement (on whether something is right or wrong); decision · argument; dispute; quarrel

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbmention; reference to; touching upon

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbargument

Nounlogic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

Noun, Suru verbdiscussing and deciding

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbstatement (of a carefully reasoned logical argument); dissertation; enunciation; setting forth

Noun(construction of an) argument

Noun(written) treatment of current events

Nouncollection of essays; collection of treatises; collection of theses

Noun, Suru verbcriticism

Nounthe Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbrefutation; confutation

Nounopponent in a debate or argument

Noun, Suru verbcomments on those listed in a biography

Nountone or force of an argument

Nounrostrum; the world of criticism

Nountreatise or essay collection

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbcriticism; censure

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'subject; theme

Nounthe Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius