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Japanese

をつける

なんくせをつける
Meaning: to find fault with; to nitpick; to make unreasonable complaints about
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Verb inflections
Form Affirmative Negative
Present 難癖をつける 難癖をつけない
Polite 難癖をつけます 難癖をつけません
Past 難癖をつけた 難癖をつけなかった
Polite + Past 難癖をつけました 難癖をつけませんでした
Te-form 難癖をつけて 難癖をつけなくて
Potential 難癖をつけられる 難癖をつけられない
Passive 難癖をつけられる 難癖をつけられない
Causative 難癖をつけさせる 難癖をつけさせない
Imperative 難癖をつけろ 難癖をつけるな

Example

彼は他人の提案にすぐ難癖をつける。
He immediately found fault with someone else’s proposal.

Usage Notes

Often criticizes a proposal, person, or action without a fair reason; it sounds more negative and deliberate than simply saying something is wrong.

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