Meaning of 辻褄(つじつま) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 辻褄 JLPT 1

Kana Reading つじつま

Romaji tsujitsuma

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

coherence; consistency

Examples of 辻褄, つじつま in a sentence

彼女の証言にはつじつまが合わない点がある。

There were points in her testimony that didn't add up.
彼の話は多くの点でつじつまが合わない。

His story is inconsistent in many places.
統計の数字を理論とつじつまの合うように変える。

I accommodate statistics to theory.
君の言っていることは、つじつまが合わない。

You are not consistent.

Related Kanji

辻

5 strokes

crossing, crossroad, street corners, (kokuji)

On'Yomi:

Kun'Yomi: つじ

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褄

13 strokes

skirt, (kokuji)

On'Yomi:

Kun'Yomi: つま

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