NichiDict

こじつける

こじ付ける故事つける故事付ける
[kojitsukeru]

Meanings

1.IchidanTransitive

to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)

Examples

無理にこじつけている

You're stretching it too much.

無理に理由をこじつける

To contrive a reason forcibly.

関係のない話をこじつけないでください。

Please don't stretch unrelated matters to fit your argument.