| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 矛盾 | むじゅん | contradiction, inconsistency |
| 矛先 | ほこさき | point of spear; aim of attack, force of argument |
| 矛 | ほこ, とかり | long-handled Chinese spear, lance, pike; weapon, arms; grip of a bow |
| 自己矛盾 | じこむじゅん | self-contradiction, paradox, antinomy |
| 矛盾語法 | むじゅんごほう | oxymoron |
| 矛盾撞着 | むじゅんどうちゃく | self-contradiction |
| 前後矛盾 | ぜんごむじゅん | self-contradiction, self-inconsistency |
| 撞着矛盾 | どうちゃくむじゅん | self-contradiction |
| 相矛盾 | あいむじゅん | mutually contradictory |
| 形容矛盾 | けいようむじゅん | contradictio in adjecto (contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies, i.e. "wooden iron", "hot ice", etc.) |
