| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n fault-finding | 叱言 ik |
| gen. | adj-i fault-finding | 小喧しい |
| gen. | n hon fault-finding | お小言 |
| gen. | n hon fault-finding | 御小言 |
| gen. | n fault-finding | 難くせ |
| gen. | n vs fault-finding | 咎め立て |
| gen. | n fault-finding | 小言 news2 nf36 spec2 |
| gen. | n finding fault | 挙足 |
| gen. | n finding fault | 論い |
| slang | n finding fault | 駄目出し (in somebody's work) |
| slang | n finding fault | ダメ出し (in somebody's work) |
| gen. | n finding fault | 上足 (じょうそく) |
| gen. | n finding fault | 揚足 |
| gen. | n vs finding fault | 粗捜し |
| gen. | n finding fault | 揚げ足 |
| gen. | n finding fault | 挙げ足 |
| gen. | n finding fault | 上げ足 |
| gen. | n vs finding fault | あら捜し |
| gen. | n vs finding fault | あら探し |
| gen. | n vs finding fault | 粗探し |