Bahasa Jepangnya “berdalih”

bermuka dua; berdalih; berkata lain

double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued

menitipkan pesan atau barang; menjadikan alasan; mengirim lewat orang lain; berdalih

to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to use as an excuse; to send (via someone else); to make a pretext of

berdalih; mengelak; mencari alasan

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

mengelabui; membujuk; berdalih

to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence)

bermalas-malasan; mengelak; kemalasan; berpangku tangan

idly; evasively; laziness; lazily

berdalih; mengulur waktu

quibbling; temporizing; temporising

suka berdebat; banyak berdalih

argumentative

menggolongkan bersama; mencakup; merangkum; berdalih soal kecil

to lump together; to include; to sum up; to quibble

orang yang suka berdebat kusir; orang yang suka berdalih

sophist; quibbler

tak bisa berdalih

admitting no excuse

berdalih dengan sofisme; menggunakan penalaran sesat

to use sophistry

jangan jadi pecundang; jangan berdalih atas kegagalan; jenderal kalah tak membahas strategi

don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy