Translation of "Pretext" in Japanese

He delayed payment on some pretext or other.

彼は、なんだかんだ言って支払いを延期した。

He did not come on the pretext of sickness.

病気を口実にして彼は来なかった。

... reason? What you're looking for is a pretext, isn't it?

・・・理由？お前が欲しいのは口実だろ？

He made up a pretext for a fight with me.

あいつに因縁を付けられた。

He came to my house on the pretext of seeing me.

彼は私に会うことを口実にして家に来た。

He often uses the slightest thing as a pretext for a fight with anybody.

あの男はよくつまらぬことで誰にでも因縁をつける。

If you calmly look at the reply you sent to an email, you'll find that it'll have "you" all over it. While you may use the pretext that you're just working with whatever information the addressee gave you, in the end it's just all about yourself. This is wrong. Let's be a little more careful, shall we?

自分の返信したメールを冷静に見てみると、自分のことばっかりだ。相手が与えてくれた食いつきどころもそれを出しにして結局自分のことだ。これではいかんな。もう少し気をつけよう。