adjectival noun / noun:

• empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless

noun / ~する noun:

• quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim

noun / ~する noun:

• discussion (argument) becoming heated; debate being in a ferment - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• discursive (i.e. proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than intuition)

~の noun / noun / ~する noun:

• farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted - four character idiom

~の noun / noun:

• full of holes (e.g. argument); vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)

noun:

• thesis (of an argument); claim; assertion

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin an explanation (argument, story, etc.)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them

noun / ~する noun:

• attacking (someone's argument); arguing against; refuting; taking issue; contradicting

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• statement (of a carefully reasoned logical argument); dissertation; enunciation; setting forth

noun:

• idealistic thought (argument)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

noun:

• seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own field - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• plausible (e.g. of a rumour); believable (e.g. of a story); specious (e.g. of an argument); credible (e.g. of a lie); looking very like the truth

noun:

• extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument) - four character idiom

noun:

• key (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument) ➜ 捉えどころのない

noun:

• direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
• side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
• type; category
• field (of study, etc.)
• indicates one side of a comparison
• way; method; manner; means
• length (of each side of a square)

noun:

• manner of speaking
• verbal argument
• objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee)
• rumor; rumour

noun / ~する noun:

• violence; assault; running riot

adjectival noun / noun:

• rough (e.g. handling); reckless; careless; coarse; rude; unreasonable (e.g. demand); wild (e.g. argument)

noun / ~する noun:

• rape; sexual assault

noun:

• lipped bowl
• one side of a story or argument

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate
• to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely

noun / ~する noun:

• skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy
• squabble; quarrel; brief argument; exchange of words

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to knead; to mix with fingers
• to quibble; to argue for argument's sake