diff --git a/src/impls/ast_builder.rs b/src/impls/ast_builder.rs
index 5ebfc9ad4..72b5b7bed 100644
--- a/src/impls/ast_builder.rs
+++ b/src/impls/ast_builder.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ use sqlparser::{
     ast::{
         Assignment, BeginEndStatements, ColumnDef, ConditionalStatements, CreateTable,
         CreateTableOptions, CreateTrigger, CreateView, Delete, Expr, FromTable,
-        HiveDistributionStyle, Ident, Insert, ObjectName, Query, SelectItem, Statement,
-        TableObject, TriggerEvent, TriggerObject, TriggerObjectKind, TriggerPeriod, Update, Values,
-        ViewColumnDef, helpers::attached_token::AttachedToken,
+        HiveDistributionStyle, Ident, Insert, ObjectName, Query, SelectItem, SqliteTableOption,
+        SqliteTableOptions, Statement, TableObject, TriggerEvent, TriggerObject, TriggerObjectKind,
+        TriggerPeriod, Update, Values, ViewColumnDef, helpers::attached_token::AttachedToken,
     },
     keywords::Keyword,
     tokenizer::{Token, TokenWithSpan, Word},
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ pub(crate) fn create_table(
         columns,
         constraints: Vec::new(),
         if_not_exists,
-        strict,
+        sqlite_table_options: SqliteTableOptions {
+            leading_comma: false,
+            options: if strict { vec![SqliteTableOption::Strict] } else { Vec::new() },
+        },
         or_replace: false,
         temporary: false,
         unlogged: false,
@@ -170,7 +173,6 @@ pub(crate) fn create_table(
         file_format: None,
         location: None,
         query: None,
-        without_rowid: false,
         like: None,
         clone: None,
         version: None,
diff --git a/src/impls/shared_helpers.rs b/src/impls/shared_helpers.rs
index ce028b3f2..6a8497398 100644
--- a/src/impls/shared_helpers.rs
+++ b/src/impls/shared_helpers.rs
@@ -3846,6 +3846,26 @@ pub(crate) fn translate_join_constraint<D: TranslationDirection>(
         JoinConstraint::Using(idents) => JoinConstraint::Using(idents.clone()),
         JoinConstraint::Natural => JoinConstraint::Natural,
         JoinConstraint::None => JoinConstraint::None,
+        JoinConstraint::UsingAlias(columns, alias) => {
+            let clause = format!(
+                "USING ({}) AS {alias}",
+                columns.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", ")
+            );
+            return Err(if D::IS_FORWARD {
+                Error::forward_refusal(format!(
+                    "the join alias in {clause} names the merged join columns, and SQLite's \
+                     USING takes no alias. Drop AS {alias} and write a merged column by its bare \
+                     name, or as coalesce over both joined tables' columns where the bare name is \
+                     ambiguous. Either table's column alone reads NULL on an outer join's \
+                     unmatched rows."
+                ))
+            } else {
+                Error::reverse_unsupported_source_syntax(format!(
+                    "{clause} is PostgreSQL grammar that SQLite rejects, so the input is not \
+                     SQLite. Drop AS {alias}."
+                ))
+            });
+        }
     })
 }
 
diff --git a/src/impls/translator_impls/create_table.rs b/src/impls/translator_impls/create_table.rs
index e0dd4a629..faa7f6df9 100644
--- a/src/impls/translator_impls/create_table.rs
+++ b/src/impls/translator_impls/create_table.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ use alloc::{
 
 use sqlparser::ast::{
     ColumnOption, ColumnOptionDef, CreateTable, CreateTableOptions, HiveDistributionStyle,
-    OnCommit, PrimaryKeyConstraint, TableConstraint, WithData,
+    OnCommit, PrimaryKeyConstraint, SqliteTableOption, SqliteTableOptions, TableConstraint,
+    WithData,
 };
 
 use crate::{
@@ -244,11 +245,14 @@ impl crate::traits::translator::TranslatorWithContext for CreateTable {
                 .collect(),
             query,
             // SQLite STRICT mode enforces type checking (not valid on CTAS).
-            strict: !is_ctas,
+            // The source carries no table options, refused above.
+            sqlite_table_options: SqliteTableOptions {
+                leading_comma: false,
+                options: if is_ctas { Vec::new() } else { vec![SqliteTableOption::Strict] },
+            },
             // Legal in both databases and carried through unchanged.
             temporary: self.temporary,
             if_not_exists: self.if_not_exists,
-            without_rowid: self.without_rowid,
             // Cleared with a warning above when present.
             unlogged: false,
             global: None,
@@ -361,6 +365,8 @@ impl crate::traits::translator::TranslatorWithContext for CreateTable {
 fn reject_foreign_create_table_modifiers(
     create_table: &CreateTable,
 ) -> Result<(), crate::errors::Error> {
+    // The one refused clause whose text depends on the input.
+    let sqlite_options_clause: String;
     let foreign = if create_table.global.is_some() && !create_table.temporary {
         // PostgreSQL only accepts GLOBAL and LOCAL immediately before
         // TEMPORARY, measured on 16.
@@ -474,6 +480,14 @@ fn reject_foreign_create_table_modifiers(
         Some("FALLBACK, which is Teradata")
     } else if matches!(create_table.with_data, Some(WithData { statistics: Some(_), .. })) {
         Some("AND STATISTICS, which is Teradata")
+    } else if !create_table.sqlite_table_options.options.is_empty() {
+        let options = &create_table.sqlite_table_options.options;
+        sqlite_options_clause = format!(
+            "the SQLite table {} {}",
+            if options.len() == 1 { "option" } else { "options" },
+            options.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", ")
+        );
+        Some(sqlite_options_clause.as_str())
     } else {
         None
     };
diff --git a/tests/test_ddl_clause_gaps.rs b/tests/test_ddl_clause_gaps.rs
index 483e9b9a4..f1999b080 100644
--- a/tests/test_ddl_clause_gaps.rs
+++ b/tests/test_ddl_clause_gaps.rs
@@ -289,6 +289,26 @@ fn foreign_create_table_modifiers_are_refused() {
     }
 }
 
+/// SQLite's table options parse under the PostgreSQL dialect, but PostgreSQL
+/// rejects them, so a source carrying one is refused like any other foreign
+/// clause, alone or in a list.
+#[test]
+fn sqlite_table_options_in_the_source_are_refused() {
+    for (sql, option) in [
+        ("CREATE TABLE t (id INT PRIMARY KEY) WITHOUT ROWID;", "WITHOUT ROWID"),
+        ("CREATE TABLE t (id INT PRIMARY KEY) STRICT;", "STRICT"),
+        ("CREATE TABLE t (id INT PRIMARY KEY), STRICT;", "STRICT"),
+        ("CREATE TABLE t (id INT PRIMARY KEY) WITHOUT ROWID, STRICT;", "WITHOUT ROWID, STRICT"),
+    ] {
+        let error = translate(sql).expect_err(sql);
+        let Error::TranslationRefusal(refusal) = error else {
+            panic!("expected a refusal for {sql}: {error}");
+        };
+        let detail = refusal.detail();
+        assert!(detail.contains(option), "the refusal must name {option}: {detail}");
+    }
+}
+
 /// `ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS` is PostgreSQL's own default for a temporary
 /// table, and SQLite temporary tables already keep rows across transactions,
 /// so clearing it is result-neutral and warned.
diff --git a/tests/test_forward_queries.rs b/tests/test_forward_queries.rs
index 9d8dd76f1..4e14078cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_forward_queries.rs
+++ b/tests/test_forward_queries.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod translate_helpers;
 use diesel::{RunQueryDsl, SqliteConnection, prelude::*};
 use helpers::translate_statements;
 use pg2sqlite::{
-    errors::{Error, RefusalCategory},
+    errors::{Error, RefusalCategory, TranslationDirection},
     options::Pg2SqliteOptions,
     prelude::{Pg2Sqlite, Translator},
 };
@@ -420,6 +420,51 @@ fn order_by_expr_translation_rejects_with_fill_clause() {
     ));
 }
 
+/// SQLite's `USING` takes no alias, so PostgreSQL's `USING (...) AS j` is
+/// refused wherever the join sits.
+#[test]
+fn join_using_alias_is_refused_forward() {
+    for tail in [
+        "SELECT j.id FROM users JOIN posts USING (id) AS j;",
+        "SELECT j.id FROM users LEFT JOIN posts USING (id) AS j;",
+        "SELECT name FROM users WHERE id IN \
+         (SELECT j.id FROM posts JOIN comments USING (id) AS j);",
+    ] {
+        let error = Pg2Sqlite::default()
+            .sql(&format!("{SCHEMA}\n{tail}"))
+            .unwrap()
+            .translate(&Pg2SqliteOptions::default())
+            .expect_err(tail);
+        let Error::TranslationRefusal(refusal) = error else {
+            panic!("expected a refusal for {tail}: {error}");
+        };
+        assert_eq!(refusal.direction(), TranslationDirection::PostgreSqlToSqlite);
+        assert_eq!(refusal.category(), RefusalCategory::UnrepresentableSemantics);
+        assert!(refusal.detail().contains("USING (id) AS j"), "{tail}: {}", refusal.detail());
+    }
+}
+
+/// SQLite rejects `USING (...) AS j`, so a SQLite input carrying it is not
+/// SQLite and is refused rather than passed on to PostgreSQL.
+#[test]
+fn join_using_alias_is_refused_reverse() {
+    let translator = Pg2Sqlite::default().sql(SCHEMA).unwrap();
+    let schema = translator.build_schema().unwrap();
+    let error = translator
+        .reverse_sql(
+            "SELECT j.id FROM users JOIN posts USING (id) AS j",
+            &schema,
+            &Pg2SqliteOptions::default(),
+        )
+        .expect_err("SQLite has no join alias");
+    let Error::TranslationRefusal(refusal) = error else {
+        panic!("expected a refusal: {error}");
+    };
+    assert_eq!(refusal.direction(), TranslationDirection::SqliteToPostgreSql);
+    assert_eq!(refusal.category(), RefusalCategory::UnsupportedSourceSyntax);
+    assert!(refusal.detail().contains("USING (id) AS j"), "{}", refusal.detail());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn set_expr_insert_translates_expressions() {
     let options = Pg2SqliteOptions::default();